Miner claims he was intended target in mistaken murder of rice businessman Gustavo Aponte

Mining businessman Olimpo Oliver Peñaranda says he was the real target of the hit that killed Gustavo Aponte.

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On 2025-02-11, gunmen killed rice businessman Gustavo Aponte Fonnegra and his bodyguard Luis Gabriel Gutiérrez Garzón outside a gym in La Cabrera, northern Bogotá, Colombia. ^[1] The Prosecutor's Office said that the hitmen confused Gustavo Aponte Fonnegra with mining businessman Olimpo Antonio Oliver Peñaranda due to physical similarities. ^[2] On February 11, 2026, an assassin shot and killed Gustavo Aponte Fonnegra, a rice tycoon who owned the Arroz Sonora brand, and his security guard Luis Gabriel Gutiérrez Garzón in Bogota. ^[3] Leonel Enrique Llanos Paternina, alias Tony, was arrested in Villavicencio on 2025-08-26 and charged with aggravated homicide and illegal weapons possession, charges he did not accept. ^[4] Olimpo Antonio Oliver Peñaranda said he has received threats since 2020, which he attributes to illegal armed groups and the Farc and ELN guerrillas, and he reported them to authorities. ^[5] Investigators recovered a WhatsApp group chat named 'Los Gladiadores' created on February 6, 2026, which showed six people coordinating the surveillance of Oliver Peñaranda. ^[6] The assassin intended to kill Olimpo Antonio Oliver Peñaranda, a gold magnate leading the OPG group, but mistook him for Aponte because they shared similar physical builds and routines. ^[7]

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On 2025-02-11, gunmen killed rice businessman Gustavo Aponte Fonnegra and his bodyguard Luis Gabriel Gutiérrez Garzón outside a gym in La Cabrera, northern Bogotá, Colombia. · El Espectador

The Prosecutor's Office said that the hitmen confused Gustavo Aponte Fonnegra with mining businessman Olimpo Antonio Oliver Peñaranda due to physical similarities. · El Espectador

On February 11, 2026, an assassin shot and killed Gustavo Aponte Fonnegra, a rice tycoon who owned the Arroz Sonora brand, and his security guard Luis Gabriel Gutiérrez Garzón in Bogota. · Las2orillas.co: Historias, voces y noticias de Colombia

Leonel Enrique Llanos Paternina, alias Tony, was arrested in Villavicencio on 2025-08-26 and charged with aggravated homicide and illegal weapons possession, charges he did not accept. · El Espectador

Olimpo Antonio Oliver Peñaranda said he has received threats since 2020, which he attributes to illegal armed groups and the Farc and ELN guerrillas, and he reported them to authorities. · El Espectador

Investigators recovered a WhatsApp group chat named 'Los Gladiadores' created on February 6, 2026, which showed six people coordinating the surveillance of Oliver Peñaranda. · Las2orillas.co: Historias, voces y noticias de Colombia

The assassin intended to kill Olimpo Antonio Oliver Peñaranda, a gold magnate leading the OPG group, but mistook him for Aponte because they shared similar physical builds and routines. · Las2orillas.co: Historias, voces y noticias de Colombia

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