Alfonso Plazas Vega

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Charge:	Forced disappearance (aggravated)
Sentence:	30 years
Years Imprisoned:	8
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	2010
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Colombia
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City of Crime:	Bogotá
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Alfonso Plazas Vega was wrongly convicted in 2010 of aggravated forced disappearance of the employees of the cafeteria of Bogota's Palace of Justice during a shoot-out with guerrillas on April 19, 1985. Colonel Vega was the Colombian military officer who led the recovery operation of the courthouse. Vega was detained in custody in 2007. Vega was found guilty after a bench trial by Third Judge Specializing in Bogota, Maria Stella Jara, who sentenced Vega to 30 years in prison on June 9, 2010. On August 17, 2010, Plazas was interviewed on radio RCN, during which Vega said of his conviction; "It was the chronicle of a death foretold ... my innocence is not at stake, I am innocent and I have peace of mind that I have not committed any of the crimes I charged " [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Plazas_Vega] Vega said Judge Jara ignored one of the key witnesses in the process against him. On December 16, 2015 Colombia's Constitutional Court overturned Vega's conviction on the ground their was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 16, 2015 Colombia's Constitutional Court overturned Vega's conviction on the ground their was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt."
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Age When Imprisoned:	63
Age When Released:	71
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Colombia tosses conviction of colonel who oversaw palace siege, By Ed Buckley, The City Paper (Bogota, Colombia), December 18, 2015"
Information Location 1:	http://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombia-tosses-conviction-of-colonel-who-oversaw-palace-raid/11384
Information Source 2:	"Alfonso Plazas Vega, Wikipedia.org (translated by Google Translate) (Last viewed 12/18/2015)"
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Alfonso Plazas Vega

Charge:

Forced disappearance (aggravated)

Sentence:

30 years

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

2010

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Colombia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Bogotá

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 16, 2015 Colombia's Constitutional Court overturned Vega's conviction on the ground their was insufficient evidence to prove his guilt."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

63

Age When Released:

71

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Colombia tosses conviction of colonel who oversaw palace siege, By Ed Buckley, The City Paper (Bogota, Colombia), December 18, 2015"

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http://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/colombia-tosses-conviction-of-colonel-who-oversaw-palace-raid/11384

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"Alfonso Plazas Vega, Wikipedia.org (translated by Google Translate) (Last viewed 12/18/2015)"

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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Plazas_Vega

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