Edgar López Gómez ‘Pacho Chino’, former head of the Western Bloc of that extinct guerrilla, also appears among the names of those considered to be most responsible.
Web/LN Writing
The Recognition Chamber of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) indicted the former member of the Farc secretariat and former commander of the Western Bloc of that guerrilla, Pablo Catatumbo, for war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by that extinct armed group in Nariño .
The accusation of the JEP includes crimes as serious as sexual abuse and forced abortions of women and girls within the guerrilla.
Along with Catatumbo and ‘Pacho Chino’, 13 other ex-commanders of the extinct guerrilla who were part of different units responsible for the crimes were also charged, for example: the Mariscal Sucre Mobile Column, the Daniel Aldana Mobile Column, as well as the 29th Front of the extinct farc.
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This is Case 02, which prioritizes the serious situation of human rights violations and violations of International Humanitarian Law that mainly affect indigenous peoples, black communities, Afro-Colombians, peasants, women and LGBTI people in the municipalities of Tumaco, Ricaurte and Barbacoas. in the department of Nariño.
Pablo Catatumbo, whose given name is Jorge Torres Victoria, is currently a Senator of the Republic for the Comunes party for the second consecutive term.
