Remains of former girlfriend of paramilitary boss found in Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Remains of former girlfriend of paramilitary boss found in Colombia

Jan 7, 2008, 20:27 GMT

Bogota - Colombian authorities found in a grave in the northern town of Valencia the long-dead remains of Janneth Torres, sister of a leftist rebel and former girlfriend of the late paramilitary boss Carlos Castano, Colombian media reported Monday citing the Attorney General's Office.

The finding was made possible by data given to justice officials by Diego Fernando Murillo, alias 'Don Berna.' Murillo, a boss of the extreme-right paramilitaries, has disarmed and is currently being held in a high-security prison in Colombia.

Torres was kidnapped in April 1996 by a paramilitary commando in the south-western city of Cali, with a view to putting pressure on leftist rebels for them to cease attacking extreme-right groups.

The woman was released after eight months, but she returned to the paramilitary camp, pulled back by her relationship with paramilitary founder Castano.

In 1997, Castano allegedly had Torres killed, after accusing her of transferring information to leftist rebels.

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"Mono Leche" Carlos Castaño



The man receiving communion at his 2001 wedding - and apparently in no danger of excommunication - is Carlos Castaño, the AUC paramilitaries’ paramount leader during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Castaño was killed by his own comrades - including, probably, his own brother - in 2004. He died without ever showing a hint of remorse for ordering and planning hundreds of murders, massacres, tortures and forced displacements. But he never faced “automatic excommunication.”

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