"On Friday [June 12] night, authorities captured the individual known as 'Víctor Chala'—alleged leader of an armed unit within the 'Structure 36] of the EMBF (General Staff of Blocks and Front), part of the 'Calarcá' dissident faction—during an operation at the Flandes toll station in Tolima.
Investigative agencies link this notorious criminal to events that took place on May 7 in the rural settlement of Palmichal—in the countryside of Briceño—specifically for ordering, and participating in, the disappearance and subsequent murder of journalist Mateo Pérez Rueda."
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This text was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Teresa Mioli.
