US EditionColombian cycling star 'Lucho' Herrera questioned over murder conspiracy
- Luis "Lucho" Herrera appeared before Colombian prosecutors on June 5, 2025, to address allegations of murder involvement.
- The allegations claim that Herrera participated in the murders of four farmers decades ago, specifically in 2002, allegedly in alliance with paramilitary groups.
- At 64 years old, Herrera voluntarily stated his version of the claims against him during the meeting in Bogota.
- He is recognized as one of the best cyclists of the 20th century and faced questions regarding paramilitary associations.
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Colombian cycling star 'Lucho' Herrera questioned over murder conspiracy
Former top cyclist Luis "Lucho" Herrera appeared before Colombian prosecutors Thursday, to address claims he was involved in the murder of four farmers decades ago.
“I am breast-feeding again, as I did in the steepest and most painful battles of my sports life,” said Herrera. Former cyclist Luis ‘Lucho’ Herrera, champion of the Vuelta a España in 1987, rejected in the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bogotá his link to the alleged enforced disappearance of four people in 2002 in Fusagasugá, a city in the department of Cundinamarca where he is originally from. Herrera, 64, gave a free version before the Public …
Former glory of Colombian cycling in the 1980s, Luis "Lucho" Herrera denied his involvement in the assassination of four of his neighbours before the courts on Thursday.
Former cyclist Luis «Lucho» Herrera, one of the best Colombian pedalists of the 20th century, volunteered this Thursday to present his version to the Colombian prosecutor for his alleged involvement in the murder of four peasants in 2002. Two exparamilitars, members of the bloody ultra-right squadrons who fought the guerrillas in [...] The entry Exciclist «Lucho» Herrera appears before the Colombian prosecutor for murder was first published in F…
Herrera issued a statement denying any connection to illegal armed structures
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