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public service for 10 years for threatening and sexually abusing Corado Gómez and
Ana Ciro Cardenas in San Francisco (Antioquia) on August 1, 2004. The Prosecutor
General‘s Office has also opened an investigation. (Date case resolved unknown)
(Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number Unknown/Inspector General‘s Office Case
Number 043-1766-2004)
W. The Inspector General‘s Office removed (68) Army Soldier Elver Enrique Orozco
Zabaleta (charges originally brought December 18, 2007; no date given for removal)
from duty and barred him from public service for five years for sexually abusing a 14year-old
minor in Puerto Rondón (Arauca) on March 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 065-1703-2003)
X. The Inspector General‘s Office closed its case against (69) Army Second Lieutenant
Alex Alfonso Bernal Correa (charges originally brought) and absolved him of
responsibility in the alleged torture, deprivation of freedom, and domestic violence on
July 7, 2003, in Sabanalarga (Casanare). The Prosecutor General‘s Office has also
opened an investigation. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number
Unknown/Inspector General‘s Office Case Number 008-19242-2003)
Y. The Inspector General‘s Office closed the case against (70) Army Lieutenant Rafael
Fernando Cristancho Prada (charges originally brought April 30, 2007) for his
alleged responsibility in depriving Luís Yogni Millan Montoya of freedom in Tame
(Arauca) on March 21, 2002. The Prosecutor General‘s Office has not opened an
investigation. (Date of case closure unknown) (Inspector General‘s Office Case
Number)
In addition, during the previous certification period, the Inspector General‘s Office
concluded case proceedings against eight members of the Armed Forces in four cases for
violations of human rights and for collaborating with paramilitary groups. In concluding
these cases, the Inspector General‘s Office removed three from duty and barred them
from public service for a period of time, and five were absolved of charges. These cases
were not included in the previous certification because information was not available on
them at that time.
A. On March 12, 2007, the same day charges were brought, the Inspector General‘s
Office archived the case against (1) Army Professional Soldier César Nixon
Herrera Loaiza from the Army‘s Manosalva Florez Battalion for his alleged
responsibility in the death of Leonardo Martínez Renteria on April 7, 2002, in
Canchido Lloró (Chocó). The Prosecutor General‘s Office has also opened an
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