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66. Army Professional Soldier Juan Carlos Alvarez
67. Army Professional Soldier Benancio Puentes Guapacha
68. Army Professional Soldier Nelson Ospina Puentes Tabares
On May 8, 2009, two members of the Army‘s 5 th Batallion ―Caldas‖ were charged
with aggravated homicide, aggravated forced disappearance, embezzlement, and
false presentation of public documents:
69. Army Vice First Sergeant (retired) Jesus Eduado Niampira Benavide
70. Army Professional Soldier Guillermo Pacheco Anzola
On May 28, 2009, the charges pressed against the members of the Army listed
above were outlined in a written document, which was presented to the Colombian
Judicial Services Center.
G. Daniel Suarez Martinez (construction worker), a resident of the state of Merida in
Venezuela, left on December 5, 2007, at 2:00 pm in the afternoon for Ocaña (Norte
de Santander), where he was going to meet with the mother of his daughters. On
December 6, 2007, he was found dead and reported as a combat death in the
district of El Paramo in Otaré (Norte de Santander). Camilo Andres Valencia
(construction worker), a resident of the municipality of Soacha (Cundinamarca),
disappeared in Soacha on December 5, 2007, and was found dead and reported as a
combat death on December 7, 2007, in the district of Pavez in the municipality of
Abrego. Eleven members of the Army‘s 15 th Infantry Batallion ―Francisco de
Paula Santander‖ of Boyacá were charged with aggravated homicide, aggravated
forced disappearance, and aggravated criminal conspiracy, and were preventatively
detained:
71. Army Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Alvaro Diego Tamayo Hoyos (also
charged with false presentation of public documents), May 7, 2009 (also
listed as number 33 in this list)
72. Army Professional Soldier Oscar Franco Valderrama, April 24, 2009
73. Army Professional Soldier Robinson Alvarez Pava, April 24, 2009
74. Army Professional Soldier Olinto Ochoa Gelvez, April 24, 2009
75. Army Professional Soldier Tomas Contrares Duarte, April 24, 2009
(also listed as number 38 in this list)
76. Army Second Sergeant Merardo Rios Diaz, April 24, 2009 (also listed
as numbers 13 and 42 in this list)
77. Army Professional Soldier Inocencio Abelino Gil Gonzales, April 24,
2009 (also listed as number 39 in this list)
78. Army Professional Soldier Daniel Coloma, April 24, 2009
79. Army Second Sergeant (retired) Sandro Mauricio Perez Contreras,
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