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(10) Army Professional Soldier Ruberney Matiz Pérez
(11) Army Sub-Lieutenant Camilo Javier Romero Abril
D. Trial proceedings continued against two soldiers (both indicted February 15, 2007)
from the Army‘s 1 st Counternarcotics Battalion for aggravated homicide for their
alleged involvement in the death of Ildefonso Cifuentes Velasques and Luís Alfonso
Florez Toro during ―Operation Sovereignty‖ in Montenegro (Quindío) on April 14,
2005 (Prosecutor General‘s Office Number 3160).
(12) Army Soldier Juan Guillermo Londoño Mazo
(13) Army Soldier Jhon Albeiro Vargas Morales
E. Trial proceedings continued against three soldiers (indicted March 31, 2008) from the
Administrative Service and Support Company of the Army‘s 17 th Brigade for
homicide of a protected person their alleged involvement in the murder of José Ángel
Huhuita in Chichirido (Antioquia) on November 13, 2005. On that day, Higuita left
his house for Godo, where he earned a living filling potholes, and never returned,
though his bicycle and tools were later found. On November 14, 2005, his family
identified his body at a morgue in Dabeiba (Antioquia), where he had been presented
as killed in combat. The soldiers allegedly brought Higuita to Chichirido, where they
changed his civilian clothing for military camouflage and assassinated him.
Afterwards, they allegedly placed a communications radio and a 7.65 pistol near him
to make him appear to be a FARC member. (Prosecutor General‘s Office Case
Number 3958)
(14) Army Third Corporal Yon Andrei Rincon Salgado
(15) Army Second Sergeant Jorge Andrés Estupiñan Chamorro
(16) Army Soldier Adrián Ramiro Puentes Arrieta
F. Trial proceedings continued before the 1 st Specialized Judge in Ibague (Tolima)
against three members (indicted March 18, 2008) of the Army for torture for their
alleged role in the torture and injury of soldiers at the Army Instruction and Training
Center in Piedras (Tolima) on January 25, 2006. A total of 20 members of the Armed
Forces are indicted in this case.
(17) Army Second Lieutenant Javier Arturo Pachon Reina
(18) Army Second Lieutenant Hair Alexander Monroy González
(19) Army Second Lieutenant Cristian Camilo Barrera Echeverri
G. The case against two soldiers (indicted October 25, 2007) from the Army‘s 12 th
Mobile Brigade is before Local Prosecutor 13 after case proceedings concluded April
2, 2008. The two are charged with forced disappearance, forced displacement, and
aggravated homicide for their alleged involvement in the disappearance and
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