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Annex C: Continuation of Proceedings by the Prosecutor General’s Office
Between June 16, 2008, and June 15, 2009, the Colombian government reported
that the Prosecutor General‘s Office continued judicial proceedings against 78 members
of the Armed Forces in 29 cases listed in previous memorandums of justification for
violations of human rights and collaboration with paramilitary groups (case number and
status listed where known) (the count of the list below varies from the total number of
individuals detained as some individuals are listed under multiple cases):
A. Trial proceedings continued before the Specialized Court of Santafé (Antioquia)
against five soldiers from the Army for homicide of a protected person for their
alleged role in the death of Fabio Nelson Rodríguez on March 18, 2005, in Los Llanos
de Urraco Buriticá, Urrao (Antioquia) during a confrontation between the Army and
guerrilla forces. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3479)
(1) Army Captain Ivan Andres Gonzalez Villafane
(2) Army Voluntary Soldier Luis German Solarte Garcia
(3) Army Professional Soldier Yimmi Valores Murillo
(4) Army Professional Soldier (retired) Juan Santiago Guerra Alvarez
(5) Army Professional Soldier (retired) Oscar Garcia Taborda
B. Trial proceedings continued against four soldiers from the Army‘s 28 th Air Transport
Infantry Battalion. The four, and one other soldier from their unit (Army Sergeant
Harold William Pejendino, who was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison on
March 31, 2008) allegedly collaborated with the United Self-Defense forces in
Casanare in Viota (Cundinamarca) between March and May 2003 in the homicide of
civilians that the paramilitary group deemed to be guerilla sympathizers. (Prosecutor
General‘s Office Case Number 1765)
(6) Army Captain Edgar Mauricio Arbeláez Sánchez
(indicted for aggravated homicide and terrorism on October 1, 2007)
(7) Army Colonel (retired) Rodrigo Alfonso González Medina
(indicted for aggravated criminal conspiracy on January 5, 2007)
(8) Army Major Alejandro Lizarazo Parra
(indicted for aggravated criminal conspiracy on January 5, 2007)
(9) Army Major Alejandro Robayo Rodríguez
(indicted for aggravated criminal conspiracy on January 5, 2007)
C. Trial proceedings continued before the Specialised Court in Forencia (Caquetá)
against two soldiers (both indicted May 2, 2007) from the Army‘s 12 th Urban Anti-
Terrorism Special Forces Group for attempted homicide for their alleged involvement
in the detention and harassment of Jesús Elias López Motta in Florencia (Caquetá) on
December 16, 2005. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case Number 3133)
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