They send to prison aka Reinel, in charge of the custody of Ecuadorian journalists

A judge sent Jesus Vargas Cuajiboy, aka "Reinel", who was allegedly in charge of the custody of journalists in Ecuadorian jails kidnapped in an area last March and killed in captivity.

At a hearing held at the Cali Courthouse, Vargas Cuajiboy, who was captured in Santander de Quilichao, did not accept the kidnapping charges for extortion.

According to the prosecutor's office, "Reinel" is the fourth of the command line of the dissident group of the former FARC guerrillas who called "Front Sinisterra Oliver", accused of allegedly "looting". kidnapping on February 26th. March and the subsequent murder of journalist Javier Ortega, photographer Paúl Rivas and driver Efraín Segarra

The lawyer of relatives of the Ecuadorian team, Pedro Vaca, told reporters after the "There are human sources that have allowed to reach the full identity of the prosecutor's office that says he is the fourth commander of the structure alias" Guacho "."

See also: The bodies of journalists killed by "Guacho" are buried in Quito

"Clearly, we hope that investigations will advance not only in a link of the criminal chain, but also in the entire chain material and intellectual authors as a result, "he said. Vargas Cuajiboy, Carlos Viveros, said that he would not appeal the judge's decision because he believes it's "best to wait with caution for the process to advance." "

" It remains to logically wait for the process to progress, to see The conclusion has finally arrived. They are high penalties, relatively, but we have to wait for the process to advance, "said Viveros

Ortega, Rivas and Segarra were kidnapped when they did a report for the newspaper El Comercio on the security crisis In the region.

A few days after being captured, dissent led by "Guacho" badumed responsibility for the kidnapping and on April 13, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno confirmed the triple murder.

The bodies of the journalists, buried in Quito on June 29, were found in jungle graves in the Colombian municipality of Tumaco, on the border with Ecuador.

Ricardo Rivas, Paul's brother, told Efe yesterday that he had hoped that the capture of Vargas Cuajiboy will help clarify the case and that some details will be known about the situation in which were found members of the press team.