Colombia: House arrest issued for former mayor for alleged ties to the ELN

A Colombian judge ordered house arrest for Carmen Edithza Londoño Mosquera, who was mayor of the municipality of Upper Baudó (Northeast) between 2016 and 2019, for his alleged links with the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (THE N), which he apparently also financed.

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This was reported this Saturday by the prosecutionwhich detailed in a statement that “He achieved the prosecution of the former mayoress of Alto Baudó”, a municipality located in the jungle department of Chocó, “as allegedly responsible for maintaining ties and financing the criminal acts of the self-styled front ‘Resistencia Cimarrón’ of the ELN”.

“According to the investigation, Londoño Mosquera would be the sentimental partner of one of the leaders of the illegal armed group, known by the alias ‘Danilo’, and, apparently, he frequented the camps in the jungle to participate in clandestine meetings and meetings.”, added the information.

Likewise, according to the testimonies and evidence collected by the Prosecutor’s Office, Londoño Mosquera took money to the camps and proposed to the members of the ELN “logistical and financial support to political candidates in the region that were of interest to them”.

“In this way, the woman would have influenced so that the front”Cimarron Resistance‘ kidnapped the former mayor and former candidate for mayor of Alto Baudó Tulio Mosquera Asprilla, and 12 members of his entourage, on August 24, 2019″added the Prosecutor’s Office.

On November 5, 2021, the Catholic Church reported that Mosquera, who had been kidnapped in August 2019, drowned in a swollen river, while the other people were released.

“Because of these facts, a prosecutor of the Specialized Directorate against Criminal Organizations imputed to Carmen Edithza Londoño Mosquera the crime of conspiracy to commit an aggravated crime”, explained the Prosecutor’s Office, which said that the former mayoress did not accept the position and pointed out that the guarantee control judge determined that she must comply “measure of custodial confinement in the place of residence”.

The ex-president was arrested last month in a joint operation of the Technical Research Corps (CTI) and the National Army in a dental office Medellincapital of the department of antioch (northwest).

Source: Elcomercio

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