Attorney General's Office filed with the Supreme Court of Cassation demand in criminal proceedings against General (R) Jaime Humberto Uscategui

The Attorney General's Office submitted to the Supreme Court of Justice, Criminal Appellate Division, claim of appeal in favor of Brigadier retired Army general, Jaime Humberto Uscategui Ramirez, by the process that is underway in relation to the slaughter perpetrated in Mapiripán, Meta, in July 1997 by armed groups of the United Self-Defense of Colombia (AUC).

The military, the Superior Court of Bogota, in a judgment handed down on appeal in November 2009, sentenced him to the principal penalty of 40 years imprisonment, a fine of 10 million pesos and 10 years of inability to exercise rights and duties public for the crime of homicide co Aggravated homogeneous and thereafter, reversing the lower court ruling that ordered the acquittal of Ramirez Uscátegui the process.

In its request, the prosecution asked the court to cease the judgment on appeal, because "it was not feasible to attribute the responsibility of the army officer by the negligent conduct deduced from the charge, as it was necessary to prove in particular the condition guarantor that corresponded in the matter, and not settle for simply being able to command the battalion could hold over Joaquin Paris, why, the charge raised by the defense must fail because the evidence omitted by the Court had the virtuality to unhinge the ruling on appeal. "

On appeal, the attorney asks particularly in relation to the sixth charge indilgado the retired general, regarding "indirect violation of substantive law mistake of fact by false judgments of existence," stop the judgment and instead, leave sign the acquittal decreed by the court of first grade for Jaime Humberto Uscategui.

Also, specify in the ruling request on appeal for victims of crimes of murder and kidnapping, according to demonstrated so far, and the responsibility of the damned in the process and on that basis, redosificar the penalty imposed by an unknown number of victims and not individualized. The prosecution also asked the Court to declare the partial nullity of the judgment by indeterminacy of the physical object of criminal acts.

Finally, the Attorney General's Office urged the Supreme Court so that in the event you decide to keep strong the conviction, stating that General (r) committed the crime Uscátegui title by improper omission.