The Public Prosecutor’s Office handed over to the Victims’ Reparations Fund a farm that would have been used by the AUC

In a statement, the Attorney General of the Nation revealed that thanks to the investigative work carried out by the Asset Pursuit Group of the Directorate of Transitional Justice enabled us to identify a finca known as Aliherwhich would have been used to keep kidnapped people by the so-called forehead Jose Pablo Diaz from the northern block of extinction United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (ASC).

The property is located in the municipality of Galapa in the department of Atlantic, on the Troncal del Caribe, and has an approximate area of ​​three hectares. The checks carried out by the Attorney General realize that it would belong to Jose Manuel Orozco Ovallealias “El Pollo Orozco” or “Colorado”, who at the time was considered one of the collaborators and who managed the finances of the front AUC’s Jose Pablo Diaz.

In this sense, the pursuit requested and obtained precautionary measures of embargo, seizure and suspension of the power of decision on the fincabefore the Justice and Peace Guarantees Control Chamber of the Barranquilla Superior Court to prevent the property from being used with illicit purposes or becomes available while the investigation is ongoing.

Likewise, the Aliher Farminitially valued at more than six billion pesos, was handed over by the Department of Transitional Justice to the Victims Reparations Fundentity responsible for administering the seized property and assigning it to the integral reparation of the victims of the armed conflict.

In addition to this property, the pursuit made available to the Fund four other assets located in Cartagena, department of Bolívar, in San Onofre (Sincelejo) and Majagual, department of Sucre. These goods, worth 1,017 million pesos, would be linked to the Blocks Montes de MariaMojana and Centaurs UPS off.

It should be noted that the Asset Pursuit Group of the Directorate of Transitional Justice, endeavored to identify and recover assets obtained through criminal activities and which were used to finance or commit crimes.

On the other hand, the Attorney General also delivered to Victims Reparations Fundbetween February 13 and 20 of this year, a total of ten properties located in the departments of Antioquia and Córdoba, which belonged to two AUC Blocks and the brothers Gil brownwho founded and led the defunct self-defense forces.

One of the delivered goods is the finca known as “La Blanquita”, located in the municipality of Amalfi, Antioquia. The property, which covers more than 320 hectares, was valued at more than 1,150 million pesos and, according to public records, this finca It was one of the first assets purchased by faithful brownone of the leaders of the CSA.

The bone chestnut brothers and several of his relatives allegedly used the farm to carry out illegal activities, according to a district attorney. Asset Pursuit Group of the Directorate of Transitional Justice, which obtained precautionary measures of embargo, sequestration and suspension of the power to dispose of property.

Besides the fincathere pursuit delivered nine other assets to the Fund. These assets are located in the municipality of Maceo, Antioquia, and are estimated to be worth 3,528 million pesos. The assets would be linked to the Central Bolívar and AUC metro blocks.

The delivery of these properties is part of the transitional justice process that is being carried out in Colombia to repair the victims of armed conflict. There pursuit delivered to Victims Reparations Fund assets with a total value of more than 800 billion pesos over the past three years.