Attorney asked to investigate irregular permission granted to a former officer convicted of massacre

[Judi Lynn]

Attorney asked to investigate irregular permission granted to a former officer convicted of massacres
Caracol | August 30, 2010

(Google translation from Caracol Radio news)

A prosecutor on Human Rights requested the commander of the Military Base Tolemaida to investigate the permit was granted to the sergeant ( r ) Juan Carlos Gamarra , who was caught drinking and celebrating.

In a communication to the commander of the Military Base Tolemaida where does the special detention center ' Ball Four ', the fiscal 28 of the Human Rights Unit in charge of the investigation into the slaughter of Mapiripán, revealed that his office got several photographs that were seen chatting and celebrating the retired Army sergeant , Juan Carlos Gamarra Polo, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The retired officer has another 16 years condemns the slaughter of Miraflores, and although apparently a judge sentenced Girardot granted the permit 72 hours , prosecutor says Gamarra Polo has not yet reached the 3 / 4 of the penalty for benefits offered permits.

The prosecutor later asked for a disciplinary investigation against the accused and against the officer or director of control of detention center staff .

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Video, in Spanish:

30 Aug 2010 - 7:45 pm
Ex sentenced leaves military base without permission Tolemaida
Sergeant (r ) Juan Carlos Gamarra is involved in the killing of 49 peasants in the famous slaughter of Mapiripán , Meta.

http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-221827-ex-militar-condenado-crimen-de-lesa-humanidad-sale-sin-permiso-de-

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18 Aug 2010 - 10:00 pm
Dispossession , purchase and legalization
Serious allegations in debate on displacement , land and victims
By: THE SPECTATOR
Representatives to the House referred to trustees and purchasers of properties in areas of paramilitary massacres and forced displacement.

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The paramilitaries have demobilized returned only 6600 hectares, more than five
million seized .

The thorny issue of parainstitucionalidad - paraeconomía and recently mentioned in a letter that eight former heads of the self-defense , currently held in Colombian jails , were sent to former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and the Chamber representative Ivan Cepeda Democratic Pole , " returned to the public stage after the debate held Wednesday at the Congress on displacement , land and victims , organized by the same Cepeda and the representatives also Guillermo Rivera and Wilson Arias.

"The armed unit is just the tip of the iceberg of paramilitary (...) who personify the paramilitary continue hiding behind the walls of political and economic power (...) parapolitics, as paraeconomía parainstitucionalidad and have a seat on the dock , "they said in that letter who were in command of the paramilitary structures in the country.

In the letter, the paramilitary chiefs acknowledge in passing that " the land grabbing , encroachment and concentration of land ownership , violence and displacement in the field, and the resulting social injustice against the farmer, serve and behave unknown situations , which is why they have not been addressed within the context of the so-called real truth (...)".

And just this Wednesday , the representative Ivan Cepeda I proposed to President Juan Manuel Santos and the Ministers of Agriculture , Juan Camilo Restrepo, and Interior and Justice, Germain Vargas Lleras , which they plan to bring forward policies on land - already announced a new rural- development status before being subjected to a process of consultation with organizations of displaced, peasant movements , indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants .

The congressman also proposed to allocate the royalties from the exploitation of mineral resources and oil to the purchase of land to be delivered to the victims , a mechanism which , in his opinion , would allow the State to fulfill its constitutional duty to repair.

Also called for firm encouragement to the investigation and prosecution of paraeconomía , which is identified with its own name the beneficiaries of displacement and dispossession, and to unravel the network of front men . "You have to create a special unit of the Prosecutor's Office to prosecute those who have benefited from the dispossession of land and also ask not extradite paramilitary chief Ramon Mojana , pending the truth about his confessions about land-grabbing "Said Cepeda.

In his presentation , Congressman alluded to the statements of former paramilitary Jairo Castillo Peralta , alias Pitirri , currently on the outside and protected from prosecution witness , " a phrase he defined the strategy to seize the land they had self-defense and partners: " Some were killed , others shopping and other legalize . "

Cepeda also asked the prosecution to question Mojana alias Ramon on the lands of former Sen. Mario Uribe , and to investigate the emerald czar Victor Carranza , who according to a witness , owns two million head of cattle Rodrigo Sierra Aka The Black or Ricardo, Calima Block demobilized and responsible for the displacement of communities and Curvaradó Jiguamiandó and owner of several palm plantations in Chocó.

Other people, who according to the representative Ivan Cepeda have benefited by buying land in areas of forced displacement are Carlos Murgas, former agriculture minister and President Andres Pastrana landowner allegedly Norte de Santander , William Velez Sierra , a businessman and contractor, and the farmer Cordoba Abraham Ganem.

Moreover, Cepeda denounced the existence of a foundation called Friends of the Montes de Maria, which is part Bula Otto , owner of the agricultural enterprise The S. Central A. and who was part of Mario Uribe lists of Congress , considered one of the largest purchasers of land in the area of Montes de Maria, between the departments of Bolivar and Sucre.

In turn , the representative Guillermo Rivera revealed that demobilized paramilitaries only 6,600 hectares have been returned for repair to the victims, more than five million who profit by dispossession, displacement or forced sale at derisory prices. The legislator also noted , with its own name alleged figureheads of land in areas of massacres and displacement.

Tuto mentioned Augusto Castro Pacheco , brother of a former congressman convicted of parapolitics , who would have thousands of acres abandoned by their owners in Magdalena, and in Chivolo , in the same apartment, appear as property owners who were allegedly sold by threats alias Jorge 40 , the names of Saul Severini , Pedro Sánchez Gamarra , Miguel Gnecco and Neila Soto.

Rivera also claimed that some of the oil palm companies located in areas of displaced in Chocó contributed to the campaign of former President Uribe in 2002 and 2009 re-election referendum , and that the program benefited Agro Security Income to individuals on the list Clinton and requested his extradition for drug trafficking, as the employer of Cucuta Jensy Davila , alias Ernesto, and Jorge Enrique Dominguez , alias Only, the North Valley .

In response to complaints, Juan Camilo Restrepo Minister reiterated the Government's commitment to land restitution and compensation to the displaced and affected by violence: "We are working with much attention and energy on the policy of land restitution and compensation for many displaced and affected by violence, this is a topic that is very clear about the government, " he said.

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