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The maximum head of the Farc party, Rodrigo Londoño, Timochenko, and the senator of that community Julián Gallo, known as Carlos Antonio Lozada, they will not be presented to the Prosecutor’s Office within the investigation into the assassination of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado.
The decision comes a month after that former guerrilla incriminated himself for the assassination that completes 25 years in the midst of impunity.
(We invite you to read: There is another exFarc alive from a cell that claims to have murdered Á. Gómez)
This was just stated by their attorneys Diego Martínez and Camilo Fagua in a memorandum addressed to Elba Silva, the eighth prosecutor delegated to the Court in charge of the case.
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EL TIEMPO had exclusive access to the document in which they tell the Prosecutor’s Office that if you want to know the information they plan to contribute, make use of the judicial collaboration with the JEP..
Former presidential candidate and former constituent Álvaro Gómez Hurtado was assassinated in Bogotá on November 2, 1995.
Double summons
“In the specific case, it is clear that both the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, and the
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, seeks to summon Messrs. Londoño and Gallo to the respective proceedings, in order to advance the investigation of the same fact: the murder of Messrs. Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and José del Cristo Huertas Hastamorir. Likewise, both the affidavit and the true voluntary contribution have the same purpose: to collect testimonies and evidence to find those responsible for the fact that occurred in the year 95, “the memorial states.
(In context: ‘Farc forgot Gómez’s assistant, who died the same day’)
And he adds: “In that sense, it is clear that, by establishing a duty to appear our principals before the Prosecutor’s Office, there is a clear violation of the non bis in idem, (not to be punished twice for the same crime) then, Within the broad understanding of the investigation and prosecution, Messrs. Gallo and Londoño are having to appear for the same fact in two different jurisdictions, which represents an open violation at the outlined principle, “the document reads.
Therefore, claiming the defense of their legal and constitutional rights, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry and Julián Gallo, will not attend the procedure cited by
the prosecution.
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But they warn that, despite the foregoing, they reaffirm their commitment to collaborate with the judicial bodies, especially with the Special Jurisdiction for the
Peace, in compliance with its obligations and its commitment to the victims and peace.
Former chiefs of the former FARC, today leaders of the political party, in a hearing at the JEP.
Cesar Melgarejo / THE TIME
Early?
And although their alleged responsibility for the assassination was kept silent for 25 years, they point out that they recognized the JEP early.
“The circumstances that led to the death of Mr. Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and his bodyguard José del Cristo Huertas Hastamorir were recognized early by our constituents before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), as long as the competition factors named in numeral 3 of the first section of this document are met, “they say, to insist on the prevailing jurisdiction of the JEP.
(In context: The favor that the mafia asked the Farc 2 days after Gómez’s crime)
And they emphasize that the event is directly related to the armed conflict, “insofar as it occurred within the framework of the confrontation and the critical political moments that the country was experiencing as a result of it.”
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