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Army Second Lieutenant Carlos Eduardo Godoy Urrea (charges originally
brought August 24, 2007) absolving him of charges in the death of Carlos Alberto
Gómez Ruíz between Apartadó, Pepe, and Jurado (Antioquia) on November 1, 2003.
The Prosecutor General‘s Office has also opened an investigation. (Prosecutor
General‘s Office Case Number Unknown/Inspector General‘s Office Case Number
008-108033-2004)
I. On December 10, 2008, the Inspector General‘s Office closed its case against five
Army soldiers (charges originally brought December 18, 2007), suspending them
from duty for allegedly conducting a raid without a judicial order on December 26,
2003, in Bogotá (Cundinamarca). Upon completion of disciplinary action, on January
21, 2009, the Inspector General‘s Office archived the case. The Prosecutor General‘s
Office has also opened an investigation. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number
536/Inspector General‘s Office Case Number 022-097428-2004)
(19) Army Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso Otto Quinones Arboleda
(retired on January 28, 2004)
(20) Army Major Mauricio Armando Trivino Sierra
(retired on January 28, 2004)
(21) Army Major Mauricio Llorente Chavez
(retired through discretional authority on March 11, 2004)
(22) Army Captain Jhon Jaiber Cardenas Osorio
(retired through discretional authority on March 3, 2004)
(23) Army Soldier Vera Ismael Hernández
(retired through discretional authority on January 3, 2004)
J. On December 16, 2008, the Inspector General‘s Office removed (24) Navy Second
Lieutenant Alfonso Iván Colmenares Jimenez (charges originally brought February
14, 2007) from duty and barred him from public service for 12 years for his alleged
role in the homicide of two civilians, Ladys Tatiana Blanco Jaraba and Leonardo de
Jesús Blanco, on December 2, 2004 on the Western Troncal Highway, which connects
Carmen de Bolívar and Ovejas (Sucre). The Prosecutor General‘s Office has also
opened an investigation. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Number Unknown/Inspector
General‘s Office Case Number 008-123465-2005)
K. On December 18, 2008, the Inspector General‘s Office removed (25) Army First
Sergeant José Nolberto Díaz Cortes (charges originally brought July 24, 2007) from
duty and barred him from public service for 12 years for his role in the homicide of
two civilians, Sabarain Calvo Aricapa and Carlos Norberto Calvo Tapasco, in
Bajosevilla, Supia (Caldas) on December 27, 2003. The Prosecutor General‘s Office
has also opened an investigation. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number
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