Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, (aka Jorge 40 his nom de guerre) was born in Valledupar, Colombia. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia, capital of the Department of Cesar founded in 1550 by Spanish Conqueror Hernando de Santana Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. He was the leader of the Northern Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. The Northern Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( Spanish: Bloque Norte de las AUC) was a Colombian paramilitary organization that operated The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish) were formed in April 1997 as an umbrella He demobilized with his two thousand men strong group on March 10, 2006 in La Mesa, Department of Cesar. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
A laptop computer belonging to Tovar contained information on over 550 murders and started the 2006 Para-political scandal in which several congressmen have been indicted for corruption. A laptop computer, also known as a notebook computer, is a small Personal computer designed for mobile use. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Colombian parapolitics scandal or " parapolítica " in Spanish (a portmanteau of paramilitar and política [1]
From cattle owner and farmer, member of Fenalce and Fedearroz and a public official, pass to comamnd 4500 men of the Northern Bloc that dominate the territories of Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Atlantico and part of both Santander and Norte de Santander Departments. The Department of La Guajira or simply La Guajira (la ɰwa'hiɾa is a department of Colombia.
"Just hearing his name instills fear in us", said a member of the Kankuamos, a native community from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta who accused him of the assassination of more than 100 of their members. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an isolated mountain range apart from the Andes chain that runs through Colombia.
He is also accused of covertly masterminding the repression of the Aseguradoras del Régimen Subsidiado de Salud (ARS) (Spanish for Health Subsidized Regime Insurance) in many municipalities in the Caribbean Region. The Caribbean Region or Caribbean Coast Region is a natural region of Colombia mainly composed of eight Departments located contiguous to Besides, he's the alleged ring leader of a loose confederation of drug traffickers operating in the eastern zone of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (a coastal mountain range in northern Colombia) and La Guajira (and adjecent region bordering Venezuela). Due to these activities the United States Government has asked for his extradition in order to bring him to an American court. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution.
Jorge 40 was indicted for masterminding the massacre of over 60 natives from the aboriginal Wayuu and Wiwa tribes in La Guajira and Magdalena provinces. Wayuu language Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayúu, Guajiro, Wahiro) is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula They were allegedly executed by the Northern Bloc in 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Jorge 40 has also been connected to the death of 21 people in the municipality of Aracataca better known by its fictional name 'Macondo' (Magdalena). Aracataca (colloquially sometimes referred to as " Cataca " is a municipality located in the Department of Magdalena, Colombia 's
The Organization of American States (OAS) denounced Jorge 40's paramilitary activities colluded with local government forces in order to kill eight people in Curumani, Cesar, accusing them to be informants of the ELN guerrilla. The Organization of American States ( OAS, or as it is known in the three other official languages OEA) is an International organization, headquartered Curumaní is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar. The massacre occurred between December 4 and December 5, 2005. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]
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Massacres
Extradition to the United States
In the early morning of May 13, 2008 'Jorge 40' and twelve other paramilitary leaders were taken from their jail cells in a surprise action by the Colombian government. The Bahía Portete massacre (Masacre de Bahia Portete was a massacre in the Colombian town of Bahía Portete (municipality of Uribia) in The Villanueva massacre was a massacre in the Colombian town of Villanueva, Department of La Guajira. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common According to Colombian Interior Minister Carlos Holguin they have been refusing to comply to the country's Peace and Justice law and are therefore extradited to the United States. Carlos Holguín Sardi (Born December 16, 1940 in Santiago de Cali, Colombia) is a Lawyer and politician member of the Colombian [3]
See also
- Carlos Castaño
- Salvatore Mancuso
- Colombian Armed Conflict
- United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Carlos Castaño Gil (1965-2004 was the founder of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU an Extreme right paramilitary organization Salvatore Mancuso Gómez also known as " el Mono Mancuso "" Santander Lozada " or " Triple Cero " among other names (born The Colombian armed conflict or Colombian Civil War are terms that are employed to refer to the current asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict in The United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia ( Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish) were formed in April 1997 as an umbrella
Notes
- ^ [1] Reuters AlertNet, October 13, 2006] Accessed February 17, 2007
- ^ [2] El Espectador
- ^ "Massive extradition of paramilitary bosses", Colombia Reports, May 13, 2008. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on 2008-05-131.
References
- (Spanish) Eltiempo.com - article on Rodrigo Tovar's surrender to colombian authorities
- Eltiempo.com - article of illegal activities
- Links between Jorge Tovar and the influential Araujo family
- Eltiempo.com - list of politicians that work with Jorge Tovar found in his laptop
- US Department of State report
- (Spanish) Special Report El Tiempo Newspaper of Colombia
- (Spanish) Colombian Air Force; Final report of the office of the attorney general reveals plan of Jorge 40 to take over the (Caribbean) Coast
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