To the prison member of the Gulf Clan, alleged guilty of the murder of an indigenous leader in Chocó

The Attorney General's Office reported that, at the request of a specialized prosecutor of the Chocó Section, a judge sent Yisson Ibarguen Santos to jail for the crime of aggravated homicide, an aggravated crime concert and trafficking and carrying of firearms and ammunition.

Santos, who belonged to the Pacific Substructure, of the organized crime group Clan del Golfo, would be responsible for the murder of indigenous leader Miguel Tapi Rico. According to the Prosecutor's Office in a statement: “Miguel Tapi Rico was killed with a knife, after he was forced to leave his home in the El Valle district in Bahía Solano (Chocó).”

The watchdog indicated that allegedly the murder that occurred in 2020 was in the company of more armed subjects: “According to accounts and testimonies, on December 3, 2020, Ibarguen Santos would have arrived at the Bacuru Purru indigenous reservation in the Valle de Bahía Solano district (Chocó), accompanied by six people who were armed with machetes and firearms”.

According to the investigation, Ibarguen Santos along with the other men located the house of Miguel Tapi Rico, where they allegedly forced him to go out and walk with them to the banks of the Valle River where he was allegedly killed with a knife.

Victim Miguel Tapi Rico, belonged to the Embera Dobida indigenous community and was governor on several occasions of the Valle and Boroboro rivers, and at the time of his murder, was an ethnic leader of the Bacuru Purru indigenous reservation.

Because of these events, four more people find themselves with insurance measures in a prison center.

On more court news from Chocó: The Gulf clan would be hiring FARC dissidents.

In recent days in the country there have been different complaints about the alliances that some criminal groups are making in some areas of the country to accentuate their power. The latest complaint was released by Noticas RCN, which had access to intelligence information that assures that the Gulf Clan would be creating new alliances by recruiting members of FARC dissidents to attack the security forces in Bajo Cauca and some areas of Urabá and Chocó.

The reason the authorities give for understanding this new union is that the Gulf Clan is interested in the knowledge that militants of the illegal group building explosive devices have, in order to carry out different terrorist coups in some territories of the country.

“Prevent the advancement of intelligence by the police and military forces, as well as attacking police officers in some places where we are carrying out operations against the main leaders,” General Jorge Luis Vargas, director of the National Police, denounced to national media outlets.

According to the allegations, the reason why they would have the knowledge is because they are led by former members and leaders of the extinct FARC, who had been preparing for many years in criminal life such as Iván Mordisco and Gentil Duarte.

“Among its functions are the location of explosives, extortion, organizing activities in the camps that, due to their guerrilla experience, help give instructions,” General Vargas said.

Another area where such agreements have been denounced is in the department of Nariño in the Iscuandé area, where citizens have denounced that the Second Marquetalia, together with the ELN and paramilitary group, have created alliances to gain dominance over the territory.

According to the locals, the armed actors have made it known that they are willing to do anything to win territory, making the inhabitants of the area the most affected, as they are suffering different types of intimidation and violence at the hands of illegal groups.

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