Alias Piter, alleged leader of the Second Marquetalia, was captured in Bogotá

In recent hours, the Attorney General's Office confirmed the capture of César Alejandro Díaz Montenegro, also known as alias' Piter 'or' Aldair ', this man is presumed to be one of the most important leaders of the armed structures of the so-called Second Marquetalia, dissident faction of the extinct FARC.

The operation of this man was predominant in the departments of Huila and Caquetá. According to the intelligence work of the CTI, it was established that several days ago Montenegro was in the capital of the Republic, a situation they took advantage of to carry out the intervention and execute its capture, the operation was arranged from the ground with aerial surveillance support, to prevent the alleged offender from escaping.

Carlos Roberto Izquierdo Ortegón, Director Specialized Against Criminal Organizations of the Prosecutor's Office, explained in detail the operation and the process of arrest, noting: “The evidentiary material submitted by a prosecutor attached to the Specialized Directorate against Criminal Organizations allowed the prosecution of an alleged leader of the FARC Second Marquetry dissidents, this person responds to the name of César Alejandro Díaz Montenegro, known by the alias of 'Aldair' or 'PIter', was captured by members of the Technical Investigation Corps in the town of Usme in the city of Bogotá, this person was allegedly in the city of Bogotá escaping the military operations being carried out against him, where he would find himself negotiating war material such as explosives and weapons destined for his zone of interference in the department of Huila and Caquetá, alias' Aldair 'or' Peter 'was a trusted man alias 'El Paisa' who was currently in command of 'El Paisa' Loco Ferney' who is the alleged leader of the organization commonly known as Fernando Díaz commission formerly column Teofilo Forero of the FARC, Diaz Montenegro was charged with the crime of concert to aggravate crime”.

The capture operation was sent to the Alfonso López neighborhood, south of Bogotá City, precisely in the town of Usme, in this case men from the CIT tried to enter the building through the first floor, but with constant surveillance at the top of the house. Alias' Piter 'noticed the situation and ascended to the terrace in order to try to sneak through the neighboring houses, however, the rapid reaction of the uniformed men allowed him to neutralize him and find his capture, Díaz tried to attack the operation corps with a machete before being reduced.

It is expected that the alleged guerrilla will arrive in Bogotá several weeks ago for a single purpose, and that was to buy weapons and explosives, this with the idea of transferring them to the departments where the crime was committed, in addition, he sought to strengthen the 17th front of the residual group of the FARC and other structures of the same organization, in the same way, the Prosecutor's Office determined that the man was fleeing from the operatives seeking to find his capture, in the regions where he operated.

Alias 'El Loco Ferney' would be the main leader who directed the operations of alias' Piter ', in turn, this criminal was allegedly under the orders of Hernán Darío Velásquez Saldarriaga, alias 'El Paisa', a recognized criminal of the extinct FARC, to this day, Díaz Montenegro was part of the column Fernando Díaz, known formerly as Theofilo Forero.

Among the various crimes that will be charged to the prisoner, the predominant one is that of a concert to commit an aggravated crime, in addition to this, there are statements that highlight that this man allegedly led the so-called “Pistol Plan” in April 2021, in Puerto Rico, Caquetá, a criminal operation that ended the lives of two police officers of the police.

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