Colombia army officers and ex-policeman jailed for arms trafficking, linked to false positive colone
Colombia army officers and ex-policeman jailed for arms trafficking, linked to false positive colonel
Aug 26, 2014 posted by Craig Corbett
Four non-commissioned Army officers, a soldier, an ex-policeman and a civilian were sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for selling arms to guerrilla groups.
All seven of the accused pled guilty in a Medellin court for their involvement in an arms trafficking ring led by disgraced former Colonel Robinson Javier Gonzalez, currently serving a reduced sentence for the murders of over 70 civilians in a “false positives”scandal, according to Colombian newspaper El Espectador.
A court in Medellin accepted guilty pleas in exchange for reduced sentences from army sergeants Juan Pablo Laguna Medina, Carlos Fernando Borda Garzon, Alexander Sanchez Puerta, and Gerardo Marquez Guerrero; soldier Silva Rincon; and ex-policeman Nestor Wilson Pinto.
According to the investigation by Colombia’s National Organized Crime Unit, under direction from Gonzalez the criminal group sold long-distance weapons and explosives to Guerrilla groups Farc, bloque Martires de Cordoba de las autodefensas Gaitanistas, and the so-called Clan Usaga from 2010 until their arrest this year.
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http://colombiareports.co/army-officers-ex-policeman-linked-falsepositive-colonel-jailed/