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from google. I have to post it in its entirety because if I attempt to post to the google page which contains the translation, when you click it the page is empty. It only works if each person him/herself copies and pastes the entire Spanish text into Google, and that's more time than most people want to take. So here's the english text, clumsily translated by google, from Semana, the Colombian paper. This refers to the paramilitary, Jairo Castillo Peralta, who is the target of two death squad assassins, if he can't stay hidden well enough: 11nov06
The evidence speaks for itself.
According to the Supreme Court, politicians in Sucre created paramilitary groups in the region. In the computer 'Jorge 40' there is new evidence of criminal conspiracy to seize the department.
After five years, justice finally reacted against a matter that was vox populi: the close relationship between politicians and paramilitaries in Sucre. The evidence is that the Supreme Court not only show that Romero Senators Alvaro Garcia and Jairo Merlano, and the representative to the House Eric Morris have been linked to the paramilitaries in Sucre, and their crimes. A Garcia Romero and Morris were investigated for organizing, promoting, arming or financing paramilitary groups. Additionally, there are strong suspicions that Garcia took part in planning the slaughter of Macayepo in 2000, and the murder of a leader of San Onofre in 1997. This crime would have served to consummate electoral fraud in favour of Morris, who then will compete for the governorate of Sucre with Edgar Martinez. A Merlano is accused of being part of the paramilitary structure headed Eduard Cobo Tellez 'Diego Neighbor' and Rodrigo Mercado Peluffo 'Chain' and that they belong to the paramilitaries would have facilitated their arrival in the Senate.
What evidence has the Court against the congressmen? Basically two packages of evidence. One that is held by the public prosecutor's office for five years, and whose backbone is the testimony of Jairo Castillo Peralta, who worked as an escort of Joaquin Garcia rancher and former governor of Sucre Salvador Arana. Castillo witnessed numerous meetings were planned where dozens of crimes. The other package is in the testing of computer called 'Jorge 40', which is in the hands of the Attorney since last March. That computer is recording a meeting held in January this year, attended by four members of Sucre, several middle block north of the AUC and other politicians in the region. Weeks won the entire recording. Its content is explosive. It demonstrates not only how armed electoral strategy, coordinated by men 'Jorge 40', to control Sucre and defraud its public resources through contracts. And makes clear that much of the political class in that department for years has been linked to the paramilitaries.
The key witness
In 2001 Jairo Castillo Antonio Peralta knew that what iban a kill. According to his testimony, after having worked more than two years with Arana and Garcia in the paramilitary organization, started to give information to the CTI. So ordered his death, as they recounted to investigators of the Prosecutor. So all told. What began as an informant for the Navy in Corozal, and that in the same military garrison recommended as the escort of Joaquin Garcia, controversial rancher in Sucre, known as lender of political campaigns and whose name appears in the archives of intelligence as the principal creator paramilitary groups in the region. Then Castillo started working as a driver of Salvador Arana, who would later become governor of Sucre and ambassador of Colombia in Chile. At that time, Castillo witnessed several crimes involving politicians, prosecutors and members of the security forces. In 1997 they would have done the first meetings to create a paramilitary group operating in the region of Montes de Maria y La Mojana, according to him, in the Canary The farm, also owned by the former governor Miguel Nule Amin, father of Manuel and Miguel Nule, young entrepreneurs who have won some of the most important tenders in the country.
By then there was a cooperative surveillance-Convivir-in the area, which the manager was Victor Guerra de la Espriella. Cooperatives to which was also linked Eduard Cobos Tellez, manager of the farm The Melene, and who would later become widely known as paramilitary leader 'Diego Neighbor'. The other strong man of the Convivir was Rodrigo Mercado Peluffo, a slaughterers of Macayepo, informant of the Navy, who will go down in history as the worst of murderers: 'Chain'. But behind these cooperatives was already incubating the paramilitary project that politicians in Sucre had in mind.
Castillo account of several meetings he attended, among others, Salvatore Mancuso, Alvaro Garcia Romero, Victor Guerra de la Espriella, Salvador Arana and Miguel Nule Amin; about these last two, the Supreme Court compulsive copies to the Prosecution for being initiate a criminal investigation. The meetings with the participation and blessing of some police officers and Navy. In these meetings was structured the paramilitary group that sowed terror during a decade in Sucre and who was given the worst massacres: Chengue, El Salado, Macayepo and Sheep. Just as the selective extermination of hundreds of people, mass graves found in the year before last, in the El Palmar farm of San Onofre. Castillo also mentioned as part of this organization to Joaquin Garcia, rancher and businessman in the region; Angela Villarreal, former mayor of Sincelejo, and Solomon Feris, who two years ago were demobilized with the AUC commander as 08. And as if that were not enough highlights to Jorge Luis Alfonso Lopez, mayor of Magangué and son of Enilce Lopez 'La Gata', as the person who was responsible for bribing the authorities to the paramilitaries committed their crimes without hindrance.
The witness account in detail how the governor and senator Garcia Arana gave him an illiterate man and who earn their living with a car wash, a contract for 32 million pesos, for a work that conducted a civilian nominees, which were diverted 17,281,293 pesos to the council of Sucre (Sucre) to the paramilitaries. The check shows that this fraud is one of the most compelling evidence against Garcia.
Castillo also involves Garcia with a murder. The episode happened after the elections for governor in October 1997, which apparently iban to be won by Edgar Martinez. Senator Garcia Romero is not resigned to his candidate, Eric Morris, lost. In addition, because the money for that campaign had left him a loan that Joaquin Garcia, and that would have to pay anyway. That night, apparently, was forged electoral fraud by buying the officials of the Registry and altering records in several municipalities. The next day the trend had changed and gave as winner Morris. But in the rural area of San Onofre, Georgina Narvaez, a teacher who was less than 30 years, and had acted as a witness election was evidence of fraud and denounced what in Sincelejo. Castillo said to have witnessed the moment in which Alvaro Garcia told Joaquin Garcia that the only way was to kill women and followed that line, Joaquin Garcia called Solomon Feris (Commander 08) and offered 10 million pesos by the crime, money that would pay Alvaro Garcia. Georgina Narvaez was killed that same week. The Court also sent evidence to the Prosecutor to investigate to Joaquin Garcia on these crimes.
The other evidence that plunges up to the neck Garcia Romero is a recording released by week three years ago, in which the senator also spoke with Joaquin Garcia on the need to move towards an area paramilitaries and mentions something will happen in the region within 10 days. Just 10 days occurred in the slaughter of Macayepo where 12 peasants were killed and nearly 200 displaced families.
As if that were not enough, Castillo Peralta recounts how this lashings sent to assassinate the prosecutor Yolanda Paternina, who received his testimony and that was investigating the slaughter of Chengue.
The version of Castillo, who is now exiled, demonstrates what in Sucre is an open secret: that the real chiefs of paramilitary activity in the region were, for many years, politicians. However, with the massacres and drug trafficking 'Chain' and 'Diego Neighbor' bowing to the Montes de Maria and turned the mayors in their box smaller.
The demobilization is not finished with this situation. The computers' Jorge 40 'demonstrates that politicians, sick of ambition, followed rendered at the foot of armed groups, for reasons of corruption in politics. A year ago faded Rodrigo Mercado Peluffo 'Chain', which was held in Santa Fe Ralito. According to one of the chat was rescued hard disk, 'someone' paid between 500 and 1,000 million to kill 'Chain,' and it would have made men 'Jorge 40' (see box).
The new evidence.
The recording of the meeting occurred in January also shows that 'Jorge 40' wanted to maintain political and military control in Sucre and Bolivar, and its spearhead was the March elections. The meeting was attended by four members of Sucre: Nelson Stanp, Angel Villarreal, Guillermo Villa and Walberto Johnny Estrada, politicians like Antonio Martínez, and men of confidence 'Jorge 40', Edgar Fierro Florez 'Don Antonio', who was responsible for Part military, and Carlos Mario Garcia 'Gonzalo', who was responsible for the political part. He also attended the doctor Willer Cobo, who was responsible for extort money from local governments, and who was assassinated four months ago in Barranquilla. The idea was to expand the rule of 'Jorge 40', dispute the votes to the candidate who had 'Diego Neighbor' to the Senate: Muriel Benito Revollo, a former representative to the House that this time was not elected and who has already been called to inquiry by the prosecution.
The opening words of the meeting was carried out by 'Gonzalo', who said that "what is wanted is perpetrating a political and military leadership in the department of Sucre, an organization headed in a commander who has not been demobilized, because today today not by the conditions exist to demobilize. " We must remember that to this date, 'Jorge 40' was the only paramilitary leader who had not been demobilized. It was only in March when it carried out a disarmament, as demonstrated, took over that travesty of reality.
During the meeting, 'Gonzalo' said that "I met with the commander and 40 said that the entire recruitment department were going to raise 10 percent for the maintenance of the military structure and policy ... and is working on the and other departments working in a very pleasant. Magdalene working very pleasant. In Atlanta, La Guajira and Cesar not have any problem and contractors are happy. "
Next, the deputy Stanp Nelson, a kind of hara-kiri, said: "I've gained a bit of antipathy by loyalty to the commander Chain ... During the eight years I was with the commander Chain up its demise, I thought one of the men's most trusted and most who placed their trust ... now expect any loyalty from the world of me and targets in their hands the day you need it, "concludes Stanp.
Garcia Romero's name appears in very compromising situations. 'Gonzalo', political chief of the Northern Bloc, raises the need to negotiate with 'El Gordo' and proposes the following terms: "I speak with the fat and so convinced. The party has not. With Mario Uribe goes wrong. To be go with the Wings. "
At the end of the recording is again to mention Garcia. Willer Cobo concluded that 'Gonzalo' and Garcia should sit at defining the names of the electoral rolls and ends by saying: "Alvaro Garcia gives a platform here. With that fund House."
The representative Eric Morris, spoke of putting votes in Coveñas, Tolú Viejo, San Antonio de Palmito "here as the crow flies van as 10,000 votes for Morris." However, 'Gonzalo' said: "After having organized everything I bring to Morris to be spread, to meet their brothers in the organization ... because he is out there doing some things militarongas ...".
The case against the congressmen and other politicians is shocking. However, because curiosity that today are strong testimony and evidence from more than five years ago were in the hands of the Prosecution. We needed that last year a citizen put in place a complaint before the Court to initiate research firm. It is also questionable whether all those involved hardly begin to be investigated by the Prosecutor and the Court, and that became the computer of 'Jorge 40' the detonator of a case that already seemed to sleep the sleep of the righteous.
This cuajó conspiracy to policy -
A late-September, the Attorney captured in Sincelejo four deputies: Villarreal Angel Barragan, president of the Departmental Assembly; Johny Villa, vice president, deputies and Nelson Stamp Berrío and Walberto Estrada. Those catches were the first judicial consequences of a meeting held earlier this year between a group of deputies, politicians, ranchers and mayors, among others, with several paramilitary leaders. The aim of this meeting was to determine the electoral strategies, supporting and financing of political campaigns, among other things. Two of the paramilitary leaders who led the meeting were Carlos Mario Garcia Avila, aka 'Gonzalo', who is identified as the head of Atlanta's political paramilitaries. 'Gonzalo', along with Edgar Ignacio Fierro, alias' Don Antonio 'was the most important lieutenants of Rodrigo Tovar, alias "Jorge 40'.
Also attending Willer Cobo, the political liaison and family of paramilitary Rodrigo Mercado Peluffo. Willer Cobo was killed last August 8.
With what politicians in Sucre was not told that the meeting between them and paramilitary earlier this year had been recorded. The recording appeared on the computer that the prosecution seized last March to 'Don Antonio' and has been known by the public as' the computer by Jorge 40 '. Week presents remarks and phrases most relevant to this extensive collection, which were the cornerstone that enabled the Prosecution ordered the capture of the deputies and now constitutes a new evidence against the congressmen to whom the Court Supreme gave them detention.
"I want to give you and welcome here on a software that basically includes the development of the department of Sucre and the presence of continuity in the organization, but as with other administration basically"
The commander 'Gonzalo' at the start of the meeting with the deputies.
"When Governor must show muscles as all congressmen of the department. The muscle is shown to work with academia and if needed, shows military muscle" The commander 'Gonzalo' giving instructions.
"To me it has touched reach where the Governor touching the weak side, their families, their relationships. Sincelejano I am, what I know, knows who I am. Then I had to arrive and then meet with the real team of mine. I know what story, with the governor "The commander 'Gonzalo' explains its connections sucreños.
"He (Antonio) accompanied him throughout the rest of the block in which corresponds to the commander" Jorge 40 'policy him in Bogota and everything to do with his political party in Magdalena, Cesar, La Guajira and Atlanta "The commander?
'Gonzalo' submitted his resume to attendees.
"Dr. Muriel politically I think it is very difficult for people to follow in the department and I are very worried because my camera is with her ..." The commander 'Gonzalo' commenting on the pre-election situation in the former congressman Muriel Benito Rebollo .
"We have also seen a space for us to have a House. It is a must and it has seats and will be the organisation, taking place without the slightest doubt. We have released the account even without the votes of Muriel. We have enough experience, when we jump to the Indian Chamber stated that it had 25,000 votes came out, we calculate 40,000 and 54,000 left. I think we're on our own without Muriel in 50,000 votes and is not a exabrupto "The commander 'Gonzalo' at the meeting with deputies .
"Gentlemen, I ask permission to present the doctor Angel Villarreal, deputy of the department of Sucre, president of the Assembly of the department. He came to seek contact with the organization (paramilitary), to make clear its position and offered to bring a message Members of friends "The commander 'Gonzalo' to present to deputies and paramilitary Angel Villamizar.
"We had no other choice to believe in the future or was (Jorge) or Merlano was Muriel (Benito Rebollo) or was (Alvaro) Garcia. Garcia gave us the grant of Public Health, gave us to handle 3,200 million pesos departmental" Willer Cobo, to explain to Members collaboration paramilitaries who had received by the senator Garcia.
"I say with all sincerity: Muriel we endorse us 15,000 votes, which put us 10 to us and they put five to others who are on the list. We went with what we have because we reinforce around. Muriel is not going to leave and we endorse logically "Cobo to explain the electoral strategy helped by Muriel Benito Rebollo?
"I have had help from the organization, I had I can not forget that and that's why I owe loyalty and gratitude and loyalty to the organization. So today again I thank you as a person, as a politician," Antonio Martínez, candidate Conservative in the House
"Then when I open the process váyanse in advanced Alvaro (Garcia), but you can not negotiate, you have to wait to be told because they suddenly say it's Dieb Maloof or is the other. One does not know yet. We must let them go with Alvaro Garcia, but under the endorsement of the organization "One of the paramilitary leaders addressing the deputies.
"After having organized everything I bring to (Eric) Morris to be spread, if I understand, to meet their brothers in the organization because he is out there doing some things militarongas" One of the paramilitary leaders present.
" 'Fredy': Excellent, Coveñas with (Eric) Morris and Old Tolú are you going? 'Gonzalo': Well we continue: San Antonio de Palmito goes with Morris, Sabas and councillors from Coveñas complete. Robert Chavez goes by Eric ...
'Fredy': Robert Cure said yesterday that Morris was going to ... Sucre, Sucre, Tolú Old hundred percent… here as the crow flies today are 10,000 votes pa Morris.
'Gonzalo': with 4,000 to 5,000 votes Tolú Viejo as "Conversation between commanders and Gonzalo Fredy during the meeting.
"Doctor Jhony Villa, MP, brother of Dr. Freddy Villa, welcome, is also supported by the organization, a type respectful of the hand of a member of the organization such as Freddy" 'Gonzalo' when presenting at the meeting with Members of Jhony Villa.
" 'Gonzalo':" As they want negotiation with the Gordo (Alvaro Garcia). That is myself, we are all, as you wish. Some 70 percent of the vote goes to the Senate with Alvaro Garcia, because we will negotiate with Garcia.
'Fredy': Gonzalo when talking to Don Alvaro Garcia told you we will put 20,000, 15,000, 30,000 votes, pa have that reference point as negotiation.
'Gonzalo': Forgive, forgive these people Fredy (Eric) Morris goes everywhere with Garcia "
Conversation between the commanders' Fredy 'and' Gonzalo 'during the meeting with the deputies.
"How worth 20,000, 30,000 votes, we are going to make. That worth, you say, 1,000 million, 500, 800, and that the square you" Tells the commander Fredy 'Gonzalo'.
"This week is a lot of work because Don Gonzalo already has to define the names with (Alvaro) Garcia" One of the paramilitary leaders talking to 'Gonzalo'.
"(Jorge) Merlano has contributed as 10,000 or 15,000 ... a million bars in pure good education ... and talked with him and he wants to aspire House" Chief paramilitary speaking at the meeting.
"Doctor Antonio Martínez, former mayor of Los Palmitos is our candidate. It is the candidate of Dr. Pestana to the House, but also is our candidate for the House" Commander 'Gonzalo' when presenting at the meeting to Antonio Martínez.
"Doctor Nelson Stanp, a close friend of former commander, and disappeared today, Chain. Member of the department has done significant work by the organization. I think that the deputies who were closer to the organization is Dr. Stanp," 'Gonzalo 'When presenting Nelson Stanp.
"I also want to especially myself (sic), and first of all, after hearing the words of Gonzalo, which I think is an opportunity for the department of Sucre and say that we fully agree with what is intended for the department. I can only say that I totally agree with what was intended by the department of Sucre ... I come to work politically for 25 years since I started with Alvaro Jose Roman, then link to Salvador Arana also in the process and what accompanied the department of Sucre. I have always been with him "Remarks by Angel Daniel Villarreal at the meeting with deputies and the paramilitaries.
"I met with the commander told him that 40 of the entire recruitment department were going to collect what is collected in other departments, which is 10 percent for the maintenance of the military structure, political structure, all that keeps spending , Payrolls are to be paid, groceries, all that keeps spending and a form of financing that is and he told me and not you think that 10 is certainly not as much and I told him sir, but if you were paying the 50 per cent and we will ask the 10 "Commander 'Don Antonio'.
"For loyalty commander Chain'm one of the closest men. I came first to the ranks of his North Block located in San Onofre. Let me say that I am a loyal person, that during the eight years I was with the commander Chain Until his demise, I think one of the most important men on the trust placed in me, "Nelson Stanp.
"There are 500 large"
A conversation between lieutenants' Jorge 40 'would be proof that the former head of the North Block of the AUC sent to assassinate' Chain ', one of the paramilitary chiefs of Sucre.
Rodrigo Mercado, aka 'Chain', became infamous in the country as one of the most bloodthirsty paramilitary brutales.Era and the second block of Heroes of Montes de Maria, commanded by Eduard Cobo, aka 'Diego Neighbor'. He participated in the massacres in Chengue and Macayepo in Sucre, since early last year his name was linked to the emergence of at least 60 corpses found in mass graves in several farms of San Onofre.
In July 2005, 'Chain' were demobilized and the next thing he knew, was that on November 21 a group of men intercepted the van that was carrying with their escorts, near his farm in Cordova, and the led. From there began the speculation about the fate. One of the strongest was that he himself would have mounted the attack to erase its traces, because its legal position was complicated and it was not clear who might benefit from the Justice and Peace Law. Other versions indicated that he had been murdered on the orders of politicians of the Coast, who fear that revealing the alleged links between the 'paras' and regional leaders. However, a chat that was found on the computer that the prosecution was seized last March to Edgar Ignacio Fierro, alias' Don Antonio 'seems to make it clear that the assassination of' Chain 'was planned and executed by men' Jorge 40 '. In chatting converse 'Don Antonio', identified in the chat as' Isaac ', with someone identified as' Federico'. The two men speak of a "work" that ordered 'Gonzalo', another of the men 'Jorge 40'. The following is an excerpt of that chat in which the crime was planned.
Federico: You have a working knowledge of Gonzo to Cordova.
Isaac: Do Chain?
Federico said: yes
Isaac said: yes why? what do you want.
Federico: Gonzo told me what you say
Isaac: that is well complicated, but there are good silver, analyze and see if we are talking about the possibility
Federico: I too would have to analyze things
Isaac: why analyse if I can and says
Federico: ready
Isaac: Gonzo spoke of silver?
Federico: returning to the subject of gonzo are 500 large
Isaac: this is too little, I had spoken of 1,000
Federico: There is good joda sheath
Isaac: but it is complicated by either the area where it is
Federico: I commented that it made
Isaac: that it is not what I said unless the return to Santiago
Federico: good we're going to be outstanding, I think it is Santiago
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