A Colombian judge sentenced Wilson Arévalo Hernández, alias “Chaco”, who was involved in the terrorist attack by National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas against the Police Cadet School in Bogotá, to 17 years and three months in prison, killing 22 in 2019 were killed and more than 60 injured, the Public Prosecution Service reported on Thursday.

A statement from the prosecution explained that the verdict of a specialized criminal court in Yopal, the capital of the department of Casanare (east), reaffirmed that alias “Chaco” is responsible for the crimes of “rebellion and financing of terrorism and organized crime groups “. and management of resources related to terrorist activities and organized crime”.

During the trial, the prosecution showed that Arévalo used a dairy company to hide illegal money and used the funds from cheese sales to “finance terrorist acts”.

Likewise, it was shown that the convict belonged to the Domingo Laín Sáenz Front of the ELN, visited the camps in the border area with Venezuela, took food and other elements, hid illegal money and obtained new resources to destroy the various illegal structures in Arauca and Casanare, areas with a high presence of that guerrilla.

“The evidence shows that alias ‘Chaco’ founded the dairy company Villa Esperanza, which served to convert money from extortion and kidnapping in the eastern part of the country and use the proceeds from the sale of cheeses and various products to various financially cover terrorist attacks.” actions.

Likewise, it became apparent that the guerrilla was transporting ELN leaders, weapons, explosives, communications equipment, and quartermasters’ equipment in its dairy’s vehicles.

According to the prosecution’s investigation, Arévalo was “the one who moved the car used in the attack” from Arauca, a department on the border with Venezuela, to Bogotá, where he was loaded with 80 kilograms of pentolite in a neighborhood in southern Venezuela. Venezuela. the city.

Arévalo, captured in Arauquita (Arauca) on January 29, 2019, took the camper to the warehouse rented by José Aldemar Rojas Rodríguez, a member of that guerrilla, who took the car bomb to the police investigation center.

The prosecution also reported that the sentence imposed on Arévalo is in the first instance and that the lawyers can therefore present the legal remedies they deem necessary.