Former paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso gave a statement before the magistrates of Justice and Peacein which he assured that Sky Gnecco It was not related to the self-defense groups. In that statement he also ratified his accusations against Jorge Gnecco, Cielo’s brother.
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“In my previous statement we made it clear unequivocally, Madam Prosecutor, that Sky Gnecco He had no connection with the self-defense groups. The reference to our group’s entry into Cesar (points) specifically to Jorge Gneccoand tangentially to his brothers Lucas Gnecco and Nelson Gneccowithout involving other members of his family,” Mancuso explained.
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VERSION IN THE JEP
In May of this year, the former paramilitary chief, in a hearing before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, giveassured that the political leader Francisco Santos and the rancher Jorge Gnecco Cerchar They sponsored the Capital and Northern Blocks of the AUC, respectively, in the national territory.
According to Mancuso, Jorge Gnecco, brother of the first lady of the department Sky Gnecco, would have acted on behalf of a union in Cesar. “This is how we began to elect councilors, mayors, governors, congressmen and we even influenced presidential elections (…) with the negotiation of the government’s Caguán Pastranathe same Colombian oligarchy requested the creation of self-defense groups,” he stated. Mancuso.
SKY CASE
The former paramilitary chief said that through his lawyers he learned that a former paramilitary (alias Gabino) involved Sky Gnecco in the kidnapping and murder of two contractors, testimony for which the first manager was a fugitive from justice for more than 20 days.
“My lawyers have informed me that a person who belonged to the self-defense groups claimed that Mrs. Cielo Gnecco sought out members of the Northern Block, commanded by Jorge 40, to murder some contractors who worked with her. That is something that I assure you is false. After the death of Jorge Gnecco, Jorge 40 looked at the family Gnecco as enemies. Likewise the Gnecco family as an enemy of the self-defense groups“Mancuso said.
