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To the medical record of Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias ‘Jorge 40’ – the recently arrived former paramilitary chief, who paid 15 years in the United States – could be added a new crime, which shook Santa Marta in 2000.
The Prosecutor’s Office has just linked him to the investigation into the murder of the student of the University of Magdalena, Hugo Elías Maduro Rodríguez. The measure, first known by EL TIEMPO, also links Hernán Giraldo Serna, who is about to regain his freedom.
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Indeed, Giraldo, a designated sexual predator who sowed terror in the Sierra Nevada, will be released on January 4.
According to the file, the student Hugo Maduro was the victim of an attack at his residence, which would have been ordered as a result of the allegations of corruption within the educational institution.
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The crime was carried out by Gelmet Sait Hincapié de la Cruz and Luis Carlos López Castro, who apparently belonged to the “Urbanos de Santa Marta” group of the self-defense groups, commanded by Hernán Giraldo Serna and Giovanni Navarro Ordóñez.
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Arta to USA
Although the student’s crime occurred 20 years ago, it was only this week that the decision to link the two former paramilitary chiefs was known, thanks to the evidence and testimonies collected over these two decades.
In the case of Hernán Giraldo Serna, known by the aliases of the ‘boss’ and ‘the Drill’, who at the time of the events was the leader of the so-called Tayrona Resistance, he was linked as co-perpetrator of the crime of aggravated homicide, not only in regard to the student Hugo Elías Maduro, but by two other officials from the University of Magdalena.
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The Prosecutor’s Office indicated that, through its Office of International Affairs, by means of a letter rogatory to the North American prison authorities, the connection of the former paramilitary chief will be ordered through video conference, between a Washington prison and the headquarters of the organization in Bogota.
The student of the Faculty of Economics, Hugo Elías Maduro, was assassinated in May 2000, at the entrance of his house.
In the case of ‘Jorge 40’ who was the head of the northern bloc of the AUC in 2000, the investigating body indicated that in the next few days it will announce the date of the investigation
Carlos Caidedo, governor of Magdalena, was linked to the process.
Other crimes
In the case of Rodrigo Tovar, alias Jorge 40 ‘, former head of the northern block of the AUC in 2000, the investigating body indicated that in the next few days it will announce the date of the investigation.
Jorge 40, like Hernán Giraldo, are linked not only to the crime of Maduro Rodríguez, but also to those of Julio Alberto Otero Muñoz, vice-rector of the University of Magdalena and Roque Alfonso Morelli Zárate, which occurred in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
(In context: What awaited alias ‘Jorge 40’ when he arrived in Colombia) Since that time, the authorities have managed to capture Helmert Sait Hincapié, Luis Carlos López Castro, Leonardo de Jesús Ariza, Edgar Antonio Ochoa and the brothers José Gregorio and Adán Rojas, who were prosecuted as the material authors of the crimes.
All agreed in stating that the orders to carry out the murders were made by their former bosses, Hernán Giraldo and Jorge Tovar, indicates the decision of the Prosecutor’s Office known by this newspaper.
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Some of those convicted of these events even confessed that they were wrong in the execution of one of the murders and they mistakenly killed Rafael Espitia, whom they confused with Roque Morelli.
The Caicedo case
Due to the death of the student Hugo Elías Maduro, the Prosecutor’s Office linked the current governor of Magdalena, Carlos Caicedo Omar, since February last year.
(Also: Prosecutor’s Office says that seven witnesses of Santiago Uribe lied)A human rights prosecutor determined, at that time, that the current sectional president should refrain from leaving the country, have permanent surveillance and pay 30 minimum wages, while the investigation against him is being developed.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Maduro’s crime was carried out by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, due to the constant complaints of corruption made by the student of the Magdalena University, of which Caicedo was rector at that time.
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The Prosecutor’s Office has collected testimonies about the alleged delivery of contracts by Caicedo to paramilitary groups when he served as rector of the University of Magdalena during the period 1996-2006, which he has denied.
EL TIEMPO tried to communicate by phone and by text message with Governor Carlos Caicedo, to learn about the current status of the process in which the Prosecutor’s Office links him to the case, but his response was not obtained until the closing of this edition.
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT
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