Colombian Captures FARC Dissident Leader Suspected of Murdering Journalist

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By The Associated Press BOGOTÁ (AP) — The Colombian police confirmed on Saturday the capture of the alleged perpetrator of the kidnapping and murder of journalist Mateo Pérez, which occurred a month ago in the northwest of the country. Khon Edison Chalá Torrejano, alias “Chalá”, who would be a leader of structure 36 of the dissidents of the [...]

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Bogotá. The Colombian police confirmed on Saturday the capture of the alleged perpetrator of the kidnapping and murder of the journalist, Mateo Pérez, which took place a month ago in the northwest of the country. Jhon Edison Chalá Torrejano, alias Chalá, who was a leader of structure 36 of the dissidents of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was arrested during an operation this Friday night, in Tolima, in the center of t…

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The arrest was achieved during an operation at the Flanders toll in Tolima.

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In an operation carried out by the authorities, he was captured alias “Víctor Chala”, identified as Jhon Edison Chalá Torrejano, designated by the security agencies as the alleged responsible for ordering and participating in the disappearance and subsequent murder of journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda in the municipality of Briceño, Antioquia. According to known information, the police have ... The post Captured alias “Víctor Chala”, designated to or…

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The National Police captured alias Víctor Chala, leader of the Armed Commission of the Dissidences in the municipality of Briseno, Antioquia, for participating in the disappearance and murder of journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda, which took place on May 7, as confirmed by General William Rincón. “The Colombian National Police today dealt a blow to the criminal structures that commit crimes in Antioquia, today with the capture of alias Víctor Chala,” …

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Violence against journalists is a historic wound in the neighboring country, which has been in armed conflict for half a century. The post Colombia: They captured a guerrilla named after ordering the murder of journalist Mateo Pérez appeared first on EL NATIONALA.