Man responsible for paramilitary leader’s death captured in Ecuador
Man responsible for paramilitary leader’s death captured in Ecuador
posted by Daniel Freeman
Oct 15, 2013
Colombia’s police announced Tuesday the capture of Miguel Serrano, alias “Megateo,” who is believed to have killed defunct paramilitary group AUC’s founder and leader, Carlos Castaño.
The director of Colombia’s National Police, Rodolfo Palomino, announced that Megateo was captured in Ecuador on Saturday and has been recently coordinating criminal acts, including illegal micro-coffee trafficking across the Colombia-Ecuador border.
He was sentenced to 40 years for murder, forced disappearance, and conspiracy to commit crimes.
The police maintain that Megateo was the commander of a 20-man squad who stormed Castaño’s paramilitary camp, killing the leader in 2004. Megateo was allegedly a leader of the Banana Bloc of the AUC, one of the many sub-factions of the large paramilitary umbrella group.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/police-capture-man-responsible-paramilitary-leaders-death/
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Carlos Castaño
“We kill trade unionists because they interfere with people working.”
—former paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño[/center]