This criminal had already been a arrested and had been deprived of liberty on two occasions.
Troops of the National Army, the Colombian Air Force and the Attorney General's Office, in a joint and inter-institutional work against the Organized Armed Group, GAO, Eln, during a military operation, made effective an arrest warrant, against an alleged member of the terrorist support networks of the illegal group.
The operation was carried out in Yopal, Casanare, where the authorities made effective a court order against Miguel Yesid Daza Galindo, for the crimes of rebellion and association to commit aggravated crimes. This person is accused of being a member of the terrorism support network, in charge of directing the political organizational and mass work of the José David Suarez front of the GAO ELN.
According to research and intelligence, this individual allegedly incited the people to the realization of violent actions in the framework of the social protest and coordinated with members of the front Jose David Suarez of the Eln, the execution of terrorist acts related to exert violence against public officials, damage to the property of others, obstruction in public way, disruption in service of collective passenger transport, among other punishable acts.
In addition, in 2003, he was prosecuted for insurgency and was detained in a prison, but after 70 days in prison he regained his freedom. Similarly, he was arrested again on February 23, 2021 for the crimes of rebellion and association to commit aggravated crimes, at that time he was deprived of liberty for eight months.
He is accused of having participated and allegedly led an attack to prevent the arrest of Hidalgo, allegedly responsible for the death of two police officers; the arrest took place in the municipality of Aguazul, Casanare, where the authorities found 7.65-millimeter caliber ammunition and propaganda alluding to the Eln terrorist group.
The arrested individual occasionally took advantage of his status as a social, communal leader and human rights defender of the Plan Brisas village of the municipality of Aguazul, Casanare, in order to obtain an advantageous position before the social and governmental authorities in order to hide his alleged status as a militant of the GAO Eln. On the other hand, he is a member of different social organizations such as the Asociación de Veredas de Cunamá (Asovec), the Asociación Campesina José Antonio Galán Zorro (Asonalca) and the Corporación Social para la Asesoría y instrucción Comunitaria (Cospacc).
Source: Press - National Army
