Ex-paramilitary leader ‘Don Berna’ charged with a further 20 crimes
Ex-paramilitary leader ‘Don Berna’ charged with a further 20 crimes
Mar 19, 2014 posted by Oliver Sheldon
Former paramilitary leader “Don Berna” has been charged with an additional 20 crimes by a Medellin court chamber in charge of investigating crimes committed by the now-demobilized AUC.
Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna,” was the leader of the AUC paramilitary organisation as well as the Medellin-based organised crime syndicate, the Oficina de Envigado.
Among the newest charges he is accused of are alleged involvement in 11 forced disappearances, 4 massacres perpetrated in Medellin and Bello in the department of Antioquia, gender-based violence, and the displacement and killing of people in Medellin and the wider Antioquia area, reported Caracol Radio.
Murillo was extradited to the Unites States in May 2008, having previously handed himself in to the authorities after the demobilisation of the AUC in 2005. He was soon incarcerated after reportedly breaking the terms of his demobilisation and his extradition to the United States was on account of the AUC’s involvement in the drug-trade, where he was sentenced to 31 years in jail.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/ex-paramilitary-leader-charged-20-crimes/
