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(10) Army Soldier Fernando Hinestroza
(11) Army Soldier Nelson Viloria Avendaño
(12) Army Soldier Germán Manuel Martínez Gómez
(13) Army Soldier Adelson Padilla Ramos
E. On March 31, 2009, the Penal Court for the Circuit of Santuario (Antioquia),
sentenced 3 soldiers from the Army‘s 4 th Artillery Battalion and 7 soldiers from the
Army‘s 4 th Engineering Battalion to 25 years in prison for aggravated homicide for
their roles in the deaths of Nelson Abad Ceballos and Yesica Marcela Quintero
Giraldo, who were then presented as guerillas killed in combat in La Merced, Granada
(Antioquia), on July 13, 2003. According to the Armed Forces, the two were involved
in a clash with troops; however, the investigation revealed that they died outside of
combat. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3231)
From the Army‘s 4 th Artillery Battalion:
(14) Army Third Corporal Esneider Nieto Duarte
(15) Army Professional Soldier Jhon Goez Escobar
(16) Army Professional Soldier Jhon Bayro Zapata Escobar
From the Army‘s 4 th Engineering Battalion:
(17) Army Lieutenant Rafael Alberto Orduz Naranjo
(18) Army Professional Soldier Carlos Adrian Mazo Marín
(19) Army Professional Soldier Jairo Blandon Valencia
(20) Army Professional Soldier Elkin Edison Orrego Palacio
(21) Army Professional Soldier Carlos Edilson Osorio Cárdenas
(22) Army Professional Soldier Fred Alexander Cañaveral Ramírez
(23) Army Volunteer Soldier Manuel Santo Ibarguen Valderrama
F. On March 31, 2009, the Penal Circuit Court of Santuario (Antioquia), sentenced eight
soldiers from the Army‘s 10 th Infantry Battalion to 25 years in prison for aggravated
homicide for their roles in the murders of Daniel Enrique Piedrahita, Jhon Edison
Galeano, Jesús Alberto Londoño, and Juan Dario Arroyave on March 14, 2006, in
Yaramal (Antioquia). (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3781)
(24) Army Soldier Carlos Augusto Jaramillo Rojas
(25) Army Third Corporal Yeison Fernando Jaime Martínez
(26) Army Third Corporal Carlos Andrés Torrado Contreras
(27) Army Soldier César Augusto Alvarez Díaz
(28) Army Soldier Germán Dario Grajales Calderón
(29) Army Lieutenant Luís Gabriel Rueda Acevedo
(30) Army Soldier Wilfreso Eliecer Diaz Ciro
(31) Army Soldier Oscar Darío Zea Ospina
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