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forced disappearance (and two of them with embezzlement) for their role in the
disappearance of two people, who were then presented as killed in combat. Eduardo
Garzon Paez, a resident of Bogotá (Cundinamarca), disappeared on March 4, 2008,
and was found dead on March 5, 2008, in the El Brasil neighborhood in the
municipality of Cimitarra (Norte de Santander). Daniel Andres Pesca Olaya, a
resident of the Santa Lucia neighborhood in the municipality of Bogotá
(Cundinamarca), disappeared in the municipality of Soacha on March 2, 2008, and
was found dead on March 5, 2008, in the neighborhood of El Brasil in the
municipality of Cimitarra (Norte de Santander). (Prosecutor General‘s Case Number
Unknown – Soacha Case)
(35) Army Colonel (retired) Wilson Javier Castro Pinto
(also charged with embezzlement)
(36) Army Lieutenant (retired) Eduardo Antonio Vilany Realpe
(also charged with embezzlement)
(37) Army Professional Soldier German Augusto Oliveros Tabares
(38) Army Professional Soldier Juan Carlos Alvarez
(39) Army Professional Soldier Benancio Puentes Guapacha
(40) Army Professional Soldier Nelson Ospina Puentes Tabares
(41) Army Vice First Sergeant (retired) Jesus Eduado Niampira Benavide
(indicted May 8, 2009, also charged with embezzlement and false presentation of
public documents)
(42) Army Professional Soldier Guillermo Pacheco Anzola
(indicted May 8, 2009, also charged with embezzlement and false presentation of
public documents)
H. On May 14, 2009, the Prosecutor General‘s Office indicted six members of the
Army‘s Six 15 th Infantry Battalion ―General Francisco de Paula Santander‖ in Ocaña
on charges of aggravated homicide, aggravated forced disappearance, and criminal
conspiracy. The six were allegedly involved in the disappearance and homicide of
Fair Leonardo Porras Bernal, a mentally challenged resident of the San Nicolas de
Soacha neighborhood. Porras Bernal disappeared from the area on January 8, 2008,
and appeared dead – presented as killed in combat – on January 12, 2008, in the
district of La Esperanza in the municipality of Abrego (Norte de Santander).
(Prosecutor General‘s Case Number Unknown – Soacha Case)
(43) Army Major General Marco Wilson Quihano
(also charged with false presentation of public documents)
(44) Army Lieutenant Sergeant Diego Adail Vargas Cortes
(also charged with false presentation of public documents)
(45) Army Second Corporal Carlos Manuel Gonzales Alfonso
(46) Army Professional Soldier Richard Contreras Aguilar
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