The connection between the outgoing mayor and the incoming mayor of one of the key municipalities of the Córdoba regionexposed million-dollar land holdings of former paramilitaries and drug traffickers and others prosecuted by the Prosecutor’s Office, which controls the future of that region.
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Announced in a reserved meeting How the best farms in the region are doing in the process of loss of property rights, in victim compensation or other judicial files.
EL TIEMPO was researched and found links between these cases and a former paramilitary chief who aspired to become a peacekeeper; a former real estate businessman who became linked to a supposedly invisible boss and leadership of the self-defense forceswho turned Córdoba into their stronghold and their spoils.
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Although this phenomenon In other regions, the situation in Buenavista, Córdoba, which is besieged by seized assets, is also very extreme. The affected properties cover 20 percent of the area and surround the population from the east, west, north and south, preventing it from spreading even a centimeter.
TIME ‘la U had access to a document in which outgoing president Félix Gutiérrez announced his successor and partisan Jhon Berrío describe their immediate situation.
According to the report, most The entire area is under the administration of the Association for Private Entities (SAE), Land Restitution Unit. and Comprehensive Maintenance and Repair for Victims.
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Additionally, these organizations More than 1,340 million pesos in taxes In some cases, from properties that have not been paid for 20 years.
“The municipality is surrounded by these entities. We cannot build a health center, women’s house or housing project because we do not have the power on that land.”said Buenavista’s new mayor, Jhon Mario Berrío.
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And he ensured that Tierra Santa and Ciénaga de las Marías Educational Institution schools are overcrowded and although they have tried to expand themThis was not possible because the properties around them were confiscated.
EL TIEMPO investigated and identified some of the affected entities. These are linked to the fortunes of once-powerful paramilitary chief Carlos Mario Jiménez, ‘Macaco’, when he wore the Auc’s camouflage uniform. He seized the best lands in that and other regions.
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There is also North America Property belonging to Guillermo León Acevedo, ‘Memo Fantasma’. An investigation by this newspaper in June 2020 revealed how this happened through the company Inversiones Tanzania SA. On the same day and in the same Medellín notary office, he purchased six properties, which he turned into a 590-hectare Las Vegas ranch.
There is another name known in the region: That of ‘Maracuyá’, identified by the prosecution as the invisible boss Jairo García Rojas‘. The case is linked to Buenavista because there appears to be a property owned by La Palma Argentina y Cía Ltda. that is linked to ‘Maracuyá’.
Outgoing mayor Félix Gutiérrez told EL TIEMPO: There are attempts to negotiate with SAE Purchasing various properties to unblock municipal projects, but so far this has not been possible.
“We met in NovemberWe announced to Jaime Osorno, SAE’s vice president, our intention to acquire the assets they manage. We said that since they did not pay taxes, they would give us land in return for debt.too,” Gutierrez explained. He added that they have implemented a project and are waiting for a response.
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next to himThe Victim Compensation Unit requested that the taxes on 39 properties be forgiven. However, Buenavista only forgave people who owed more than 5 years of debt.
Actually, SAE says they will not be able to pay taxes, although they will examine the proposal to swap the land for debt Until the seized assets are sold. For now, it is not possible for the town to expand even one centimeter.
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