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Bajes No. 4 finds mass grave in Toledo, Antioquia

Bajes Soldiers No. 4 provide immediate security to the site of the excavations.

April 28, 2011 ( www.fuerzasmilitares.org ) .- The Artillery Battalion No. 4 "Colonel Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Rodríguez", is organic to the Fourth Brigade has jurisdiction over several of the municipalities of Antioquia, and is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Jaime Gutierrez Salen.

is the military unit that belonged to Corporal José Esteban Coba Third Soldier Teatinos Builes Fernando Mazo, who displacement of civilians and unarmed in a private vehicle, were abducted by men 18ABR2011 Front 36 of the FARC, and subsequently appeared 20ABR2011 viciously murdered, with the aggravating circumstance that the terrorists planted explosives next to the bodies, in order to cause more casualties when the authorities were to do the lifting.

Men belonging to this exalted military unit not intimidated or afraid, have a constitutional mission to play and who want neither can escape, honor and loyalty to the Colombian people to continue to drive them on the ground, the sun and rain to protect civilians from the violent, insisting again and again in the demobilization or capture narco-terrorists do so much damage to our country. Support at all times to the civilian population and other legally established institutions in fulfilling their duties.

In this vein, intelligence work and continuous presence in rural settings in your jurisdiction, allowed to find a mass grave in the El Cuni, a rural area of \u200b\u200bthe municipality of Toledo, northern Antioquia. In this mass grave was found 10 bodies according to the first expert evidence and intelligence information allegedly belong to members of the Bloque Mineros of the Defense Forces of Colombia, which was led by Ramiro "Cuco" Vanoy.

The work of exhumation took three days and were achieved through the joint work developed by the Artillery Battalion and staff of the Office. According to an official statement, the remains will be transferred to Pereira for later analysis and identification.

Toledo was a municipality in the nineties suffered on behalf of paramilitary activity, there occurred targeted killings, displacement and forced disappearance of persons.

A "Cuco" Vanoy extradited him to the United States in May 2008 and in October 2009, was sentenced to 24 years in prison by the Federal Court in South Florida.

Understand that under conditions of extreme violence that was experienced in this area in the nineties, many people disappeared, including fighters from rebel groups which, as they were buried in unmarked graves, thus depriving the family of the deceased's knowledge of the fate of their loved ones, not having the certainty of his death, and know the place of graves, families have not been able to draw the match and instead have suffered a prolonged and painful uncertainty. In this sense, finding these bodies, identify them and then deliver them to their relatives to give them a Christian burial is considered to be met with an important humanitarian work.

Sources:
Bajes Integral Action No. 4
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