Allegations of millionaire payments from the ELN to ‘protect’ their routes from drug trafficking and warning calls to the heads of this illegal organization to prevent them from carrying out operations against them These are just two of the dire warnings listed in a secret Army memorandum condemning improprieties with which a general of the establishment could be associated.
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EL TIEMPO learned about official documents reaching the authorities Commander of the Military Forces, General Helder Fernán Giraldo Bonilla and they were delivered Prosecutor’s Office At the end of September, he announced that an investigation had been launched Retired Army General John Jairo Rojas Gómez for his alleged links to FARC dissidentsand there are also allegations of sexual harassment at the institution.
A few days before the incriminating body was announced, this newspaper revealed: Ministry of Defense He decided that General Rojas Gómez and two other generals would not be invited to the promotion course. his military career was over.
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“The uniformed police officer is charged with alleged irregular activities of an operational, administrative and personal nature. In this sense, three lines of action have been developed: The first of these would concern acts of corruption committed during the implementation of his mandate in Argelia, Cauca, where the Second Marquetalia had connections with the structure of Diomer Cortés.“The accusing organization announced this at the time.
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This newspaper received the first warning from the same military, which led to investigations at the office of a UN prosecutor. Supreme Court of Justice a person who is prepared to make substantive decisions in the case. Official sources stated that at least three investigations were carried out against the former soldier himself.
This is a letter sent by the Army commander on September 22. General Luis Mauricio Ospina He details to his superior, the Commander of the Military Forces, various things that would put the uniformed man at risk as he moves through key units, such as the person commanding the Rapid Deployment Force. Cauca Special Command, Third Division, and the Army’s N.2 Southwest Joint Command.
In the letter labeled confidential, it is stated that the information obtained through counterintelligence and confusing the senior officer is already in the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Army Inspectorate, and the following warning is given: General Rojas Gómez’s number was registered on the mobile phone found in the operation where the feared leader of the opposition, Jaime Martínez, died in June last year.
Professional soldier who participated in the operation againstMayimbu He stated that the unit members knew that there was a computer and a cell phone at the scene, and that they deleted General Rojas Gómez’s cell phone contact from the phone.
The following statements were made regarding this operation: ‘Irregularities such as the death in action of the guard who betrayed Mayimbú and the lack of clarity regarding the payment of the reward offered to him.
In addition, the existence of a witness in the Western Coordination Command of the ‘FARC Central General Staff’ led by ‘Iván Mordisco’, who stated that General Rojas Gómez had connections with this illegal group, was also revealed.
“During the process, it is stated that the officer has maintained his connections with ‘Los Pocillos’ since 2022.”With him he coordinates corruption actions in Algeria (Cauca), forming alliances with the ELN and the Diomer Cortés structure of ‘Iván Márquez’s ‘Segunda Marquetalia’.
In the middle of last year, the Army dismissed the then Sixth Division commander, General. Jorge Hernando Herrera Díaz appeared in a recording discussing an alliance with drug traffickers from the ‘los Pocillos’ gang to fight FARC dissidents in Cauca. The uniformed man would attend meetings with members of this criminal network in mid-2019.
“The ELN paid $3,000 million to coordinate operations and drug trafficking mobility corridors and structures within the jurisdiction of the Cauca region. (…) General Rojas Gómez influenced the surprise of the military operation by showing them in the media by meeting with seven demobilized soldiers on two farms, offering them benefits, including resources and elements, in exchange for not giving all the information to the authorities,” reads the Secret Army document.
And he went further, warning that the uniformed man had received information about a “special operation” and had apparently left to make a call in which he warned Army targets of the advance of troops against them. It is stated that he called ‘Marcos Pacífico’, the president of the ELN, which committed crimes especially in Guapi (Cauca), to warn him about the operation, and then called him again to “confirm his situation”.
The news states that the general may have made changes in the operational units in the region that would benefit drug trafficking and the movements of illegal structures.
A follow-up study was even presented to military units operating in Cauca between 2000 and 2022, observing the “malicious and pivotal movement that allowed the ‘Second Marquetalia’ to regain control of the Micay canyon.” “There are numerous illegal armed conflicts between power structures in order to gain control over the region in question.”
“It is also being questioned between 2021 and 2022.”“At that time, sufficient space was opened without any objection or control of the command, thus facilitating the criminal intentions of the armed structures.”
General Rojas, commander of Joint Command 2, is accused of failing to provide advice and guidance in fighting crime in the region.
In another section, it is stated that Generals Rojas and Herrera, who were interrogated last year, appear to be involved in the incident. He is accused of corruption and alleged collusion and alliance with ‘Los Pocillos’, ‘Segunda Marquetalia’ by the leaders of the region.
It was noted that the uniformed person was also subjected to other irregularities in favor of his relatives. Leveraging his rank and position, he would prevent a subordinate from being linked to an investigation into the disappearance of four pistols that were included in the 23rd Brigade commander’s security plan, and There would be no disciplinary proceedings against another uniformed woman who escaped from her duty station to go to the party.
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