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(68) Army Professional Soldier Jarol Mauricio García Perdomo
(69) Army Second Lieutenant José Yesid Chaparro Quintero
(70) Army Second Lieutenant Abisaid Serrano Rincón
(71) Army Second Sergeant Oscar Hernán Briñas Espitia
(72) Army Second Corporal Carlos Alberto Beltrán Sarmiento
(73) Army Second Corporal Robín Francisco Bustos Castrañeda
(74) Army Professional Soldier Bleyner Salazar Quisicue
Status: Notification of charges.
Q. On April 20, 2009, the Inspector General‘s Office brought disciplinary charges against
five members of the Army for their alleged involvement in the homicide of Kennides
Enrique Pedrozo Vanega and María Elena Pertuz on February 9, 2007, in the district
of El Limón in Caracolí in the rural zone of San Juan del César (La Guajira). The
Prosecutor General‘s Office has also opened an investigation. (Inspector General‘s
Office Case Number 155-161418-2007).
(75) Army Vice First Sergeant Claudio Verú Gómez
(76) Army Third Corporal Gilwen Enrique García Escobar
(77) Army Professional Soldier José Miranda Guerra
(78) Army Professional Soldier José Alejandro Perea Ipuana
(79) Army Professional Soldier Enrique Mieles Yorguin
Status: Notification of charges.
R. The Inspector General‘s Office brought disciplinary charges against seven members of
the Army‘s José Hilario López Battalion (date of charges unknown) for their role in
the death of José Edwin Legarda Vasquez, husband of Aida Quilcué (leader of the
Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca, or CRIC) on December 16, 2008. Vázquez
was driving in a CRIC-marked SUV near an indigenous reserve in Totoro (Cauca)
when the soldiers allegedly opened fire, which the police say was for his refusal to
stop at a roadblock. Legarda‘s passenger, Liliana Valdes Penna, says she never saw a
roadblock or stop sign. Quilcué, who mobilized thousands of followers this past fall
as part of the Indigenous protests against the GOC, has received multiple threats and
believes the shots were meant for her. The Prosecutor General‘s Office has also
opened an investigation. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 7000/Inspector
General‘s Office Case Number 115-2710-08)
(86) Army Vice First Sergeant Alexis Ramirez Vivas
(87) Army Third Corporal Javier Adolfo Osorio Díaz
(88) Army Soldier Numar Armido Buitron Cabezas
(89) Army Soldier Lisandro Caicedo Obando
(90) Army Soldier Javier Francisco Belalcazar Trochez
(91) Army Soldier William Weimar Lemeche Hurtado
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