Tuesday, January 23, 2024
The former governor of Santander also gave a statement in a Single Truth Hearing in which he spoke about several explosive topics
Colonel (r) Hugo Aguilar, the former governor of Santander convicted of parapolitics and who was part of the Search Block that incessantly searched for Pablo Escobar, He was at the JEP yesterday giving a statement in a Single Truth Hearing in which he spoke about various topics.
This hearing was held to decide whether or not the Special Jurisdiction for Peace accepts the former president in said justice. In fact, it was Aguilar himself who He shot the boss and killed him on the roof of a house in Medellín on December 2, 1993.
Among the things he said, he acknowledged that he was part of the creation by the Pepes (persecuted by Pablo Escobar), the group that dedicated themselves to ‘hunting’ him through heaven and earth. Being operational commander of the Search Block, he said, the general Miguel Maza Márquez asked them to meet with Carlos Castaño and ‘Don Berna’ to receive information that could continue to corner the boss.
“On that date, General Maza informed Colonel Hugo Martínez Poveda (commander of the Search Block) that we should receive Carlos Castaño and ‘Don Berna’, that they wanted to provide certain information and the exact location for the capture of Pablo Escobar. We received ‘Don Berna’ and Carlos Castaño with Major Danilo González at the Carlos Holguín School,” Hugo Aguilar said before the JEP.
“There he began a relationship with two paramilitaries, ‘Don Berna’ and Carlos Castaño, who had control of the self-defense groups in Magdalena Medio.” In addition, Aguilar recounted the way in which he began his relationship with several paramilitary leaders, including Ramón Isaza, Henry Pérez and Carlos Castaño; who provided information and carried out operations to block Pablo Escobar’s escape.
The former governor of Santander, in relation to his accusation of paramilitarism and allying with them, pointed out that: “I never received a peso or handled a peso from the self-defense groups. That I received his support to be elected was something else,” emphasizing that his heritage was built with his work.
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