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The case of the rape of seven Army soldiers of an Embera girl is progressing at the Attorney General’s Office.
This Friday the disciplinary hearing against seven Army soldiers continued, accused of raping a 12-year-old Embera girl. The soldiers assigned to Alta Montaña battalion number 5 reportedly abducted the girl in the rural area of Pueblo Rico (Risaralda).
After holding her for several hours, they allegedly abused her. After the case was disclosed on June 21, the seven soldiers were transferred to a prison in Bello for prosecution.
In this action, several fellow soldiers were summoned to testify in the case. Everyone’s version indicates that the superiors of the seven soldiers, First Deputy Sergeant Juan Carlos Díaz and First Corporal Hernández, asked not to reveal the whereabouts of the soldiers to the authorities.
The testimony of one of these soldiers, according to The viewer, indicates the level of concealment. In his account, he assured that he learned of the events the next day, that is, on June 22, when Vice First Sergeant Díaz ordered that all the soldiers should be trained, after that superior spoke with the relatives of the Embera girl who arrived to the school where the uniformed men were stationed to search for the culprits.
“She trained us and the girl had to point out those who were with her and she pointed out Yair Steven González, (Juan Camilo) Morales Poveda and (Luis Fernando) Morales Mendoza. They said they had not been with her and the indigenous people left. They took us out of there from Santa Cecilia and took us to the San Mateo Battalion in Pereira, “said the soldier, who accepted that he had lied in a previous statement before the Prosecutor’s Office.
Other soldiers assured that they saw the Embera girl in the sector, alone. In addition, all confirmed that they did not reveal to the Prosecutor’s Office everything they knew in the first statement. This occurred in Pereira, where the seven uniformed men have voluntarily accepted that they committed the rape.
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