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Former Ecopetrol Security Chief Indicted by Colombia's JEP for Paramilitary Ties

Colombia's JEP indicts former Ecopetrol security chief José Eduardo González Sánchez for war crimes in Magdalena Medio.

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José Eduardo González Sánchez is accused of participating in war crimes and crimes against humanity, including massacres, selective assassinations, and forced disappearances, committed in Barrancabermeja, Santander. [1] The Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) issued its first indictment in the Magdalena Medio subcase against José Eduardo González Sánchez, the former head of security for Ecopetrol, on September 2026. [2] The JEP's Sala de Reconocimiento de Verdad determined that between January 8, 1998 and December 29, 2000, at least 431 people were killed and 85 forcibly disappeared in Barrancabermeja. [3] The Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) charged José Eduardo González Sánchez, former security chief of Ecopetrol, for the paramilitary takeover of Barrancabermeja that began in 1998. [4] The JEP attributes to the accused the crimes of war (homicide) and crimes against humanity (extermination and forced disappearance), with three also accused of persecution. [5] The JEP investigation identified 473 individual victims and reconstructed 14 massacres that occurred in Barrancabermeja between 1998 and 2000. [6] In 2016, Colombia's Fiscalía asked ex-paramilitary alias 'Pepo' if the information he brought from USO meetings to Captain González had been used to kill someone; Pepo answered yes and cited the case of Rafael Jaimes Torrá, a union leader killed in 2002 in Barrancabermeja. [7] The JEP attributed to González Sánchez homicide as a war crime and extermination and forced disappearance as crimes against humanity, and to three other defendants persecution against the USO and Credhos as a crime against humanity. [8]
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  1. José Eduardo González Sánchez is accused of participating in war crimes and crimes against humanity, including massacres, selective assassinations, and forced disappearances, committed in Barrancabermeja, Santander. · El Espectador
  2. The Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) issued its first indictment in the Magdalena Medio subcase against José Eduardo González Sánchez, the former head of security for Ecopetrol, on September 2026. · El Espectador
  3. The JEP's Sala de Reconocimiento de Verdad determined that between January 8, 1998 and December 29, 2000, at least 431 people were killed and 85 forcibly disappeared in Barrancabermeja. · La Silla Vacía
  4. The Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) charged José Eduardo González Sánchez, former security chief of Ecopetrol, for the paramilitary takeover of Barrancabermeja that began in 1998. · La Silla Vacía
  5. The JEP attributes to the accused the crimes of war (homicide) and crimes against humanity (extermination and forced disappearance), with three also accused of persecution. · El Espectador
  6. The JEP investigation identified 473 individual victims and reconstructed 14 massacres that occurred in Barrancabermeja between 1998 and 2000. · El Espectador
  7. In 2016, Colombia's Fiscalía asked ex-paramilitary alias 'Pepo' if the information he brought from USO meetings to Captain González had been used to kill someone; Pepo answered yes and cited the case of Rafael Jaimes Torrá, a union leader killed in 2002 in Barrancabermeja. · La Silla Vacía
  8. The JEP attributed to González Sánchez homicide as a war crime and extermination and forced disappearance as crimes against humanity, and to three other defendants persecution against the USO and Credhos as a crime against humanity. · La Silla Vacía
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