00:00Why is the JEP asking the Prosecutor's Office to investigate who the mayor of Medellín was?
00:04More than 20 years ago?
00:05The Special Jurisdiction for Peace asked the Prosecutor's Office to investigate the former mayor
00:09Luis Pérez Gutiérrez, from Medellín, for crimes committed by the Public Force
00:13during his administration. The request comes after he indicted 12 former members of
00:18the Public Force, including retired General Mario Montoya Uribe, for the crimes committed
00:23within the framework of military operations and enforced disappearances of civilians in
00:27the site known as La Escombrera. According to that jurisdiction, its responsibility
00:31It is based on having allowed, tolerated or not prevented the commission of the crimes
00:36despite holding a position of guarantor as superiors and commanders of the respective units.
00:40According to the JEP, it must be investigated whether the former mayor had any kind of responsibility.
00:45Regarding personal injuries and the killing of civilians during Operation Marshal
00:50May 21, 2002 in Commune 13. Also with the events that occurred and the disappearances
00:55forced in Operation Orion, carried out between October 16 and 17, 2002.
01:00Furthermore, the JEP requests an investigation into the irregular handling of four human remains.
01:05victims of enforced disappearance, who were exhumed in August 2003 from graves found
01:10in the district of San Cristóbal and buried in the Universal Cemetery Garden without yet
01:14his exact location is known. Among those charged with Montoya are eight members
01:18from the army and four from the National Police. According to data from the Corporación Jurídica Libertad,
01:23The operation resulted in 576 arbitrary arrests, six disappearances, and 10 people killed.
01:29who were labeled as terrorists. In its decision, the JEP emphasized that the objective
01:34of this alliance, built in the context of the counterinsurgency struggle that was being waged
01:38primarily against the urban militias of the FARC, the ELN, and the CAP that operated
01:42In this area of Medellín, it was allowing illegal armed groups belonging to
01:47The Nutibara chief bloc and other paramilitary groups could consolidate their power in Comuna 13 in the surrounding area.
01:53The charges are related to the Antioquia sub-case of case 08 of the JEP, which is investigating
01:58the crimes committed by the Public Force and State agents in association with groups
02:02paramilitaries or civilian third parties in the armed conflict. Although the criminal alliance within
02:07The actions of the Public Force are not new; these actions by the JEP continue to add chapters so that
02:11so that the victims know what happened to their relatives.
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