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retired June 26, 2004
On November 6, 2008, the Inspector General‘s Office removed Parada Luna from duty
and barred him from public service for ten years.
Homicide of Yajaira Cristina Nieves Oñate: On January 9, 2009, the Inspector
General‘s Office brought disciplinary charges against five members of the Army for their
alleged involvement in the homicide of Yajaira Cristina Nieves Oñate, a member of the
Wiwa indigenous community, and injury to a minor, Betsy Cristina Nieves Oñate, on
March 7, 2006, in the rural area of the municipality of Molino (Guajira). The Prosecutor
General‘s Office has also opened an investigation. (Date of incident was not available.)
(Inspector General‘s Office Case Number 155-149989-2006)
(8) Army Sub Lieutenant Nixón Pabón Sandoval
(9) Army Second Sergeant Samir Enrique Bravo Oviedo
(10) Army Professional Soldier Andis Miguel Pacheco Lozano
(11) Army Professional Soldier Nando Miguel Padilla Quintero
(12) Army Professional Soldier Felipe Barriosnuevos Gutiérrez
Status: In docket of exculpatory evidence.
Detention and Homicide of Duglas Antonio Pérez Silvaja: On March 30,
2009, the Inspector General‘s Office brought disciplinary charges against ten members of
the Army for their alleged role in the arbitrary detention and subsequent death of a man
from the Nasa indigenous community, Duglas Antonio Pérez Silvaja, on August 6, 2006,
in the district of Villa de Leyva in Las Caramelitas de Puerto Asís (Putumayo). The
Prosecutor General‘s Office has also opened an investigation. (Inspector General‘s
Office Case Number 155-149991-2006)
(13) Army Second Lieutenant Oscar Fernando Murcia Peña
(14) Army Second Corporal Ronald Andrés Cárdenas Fajardo
(15) Army Professional Soldier Nilvio Ivito Sancho
(16) Army Professional Soldier Jarol Mauricio García Perdomo
(17) Army Second Lieutenant José Yesid Chaparro Quintero
(18) Army Second Lieutenant Abisaid Serrano Rincón
(19) Army Second Sergeant Oscar Hernán Briñas Espitia
(20) Army Second Corporal Carlos Alberto Beltrán Sarmiento
(21) Army Second Corporal Robín Francisco Bustos Castrañeda
(22) Army Professional Soldier Bleyner Salazar Quisicue
Status: Notification of charges.
Homicide of José Edwin Legarda Vasquez: On April 28, 2009, seven members
of the Army‘s José Hilario López Battalion were arrested for their role in the death of
José Edwin Legarda Vasquez, husband of Aida Quilcué (leader of the Regional
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