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Colombia jails army colonel over assassination of demobilized FARC member
Retired Colonel Jorge Armando Perez (Screenshot: YouTube)
by Adriaan Alsema January 28, 2020
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Monday jailed a retired army colonel who is accused of ordering the assassination of a demobilized member of former guerrilla group FARC.
Retired colonel Jorge Armando Perez in April last year allegedly ordered his subordinates to murder FARC member Dimar Torres to avenge the death of one of his soldiers.
The murder triggered a major scandal as the military is supposed to protect members of the FARC, which has lost more than 170 members since it demobilized and disarmed in 2017.
Concerns about witnesses
One soldier has already been convicted of the murder, but Perez and the military successfully delayed his trial until Monday.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-jails-army-colonel-over-assassination-of-demobilized-farc-member/
