# Colombia Imputates Guerrilla Leader Bonito for Peace Process Murders

Colombian authorities have formally charged guerrilla leader alias Bonito with ordering the murders of two peace process signatories.

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Héctor Orlando Bastidas Bravo, alias Bonito, the second-in-command of the Segunda Marquetalia, was imputed by Colombian authorities on September 3, 2026, for ordering the murders of two peace process signatories in Caquetá. [^1]

On September 3, the Colombian Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) charged Héctor Orlando Bastidas Bravo, alias 'Bonito', with the murder of two peace accords signatories. [^2]

The charges against alias Bonito include conspiracy to commit crimes, aggravated homicide, drug trafficking, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. [^3]

The first murder attributed to alias Bonito is that of Luis Alberto Laguna, who was shot and killed on October 2, 2020, while traveling on the road connecting Morelia and Valparaíso in Caquetá. [^4]

The imputation alleges that alias Bonito commanded approximately 100 members of the illegal armed group to carry out intimidation, forced displacement, and selective homicides to control coca base and drug trafficking routes. [^5]

Prosecutors allege that Bastidas, the head of the armed group Comandos de Frontera, ordered the killings to consolidate his intimidation capacity and control coca base and drug trafficking routes in the Caquetá region. [^6]

The second victim, Jorge Riaño Ramos, was killed on November 15, 2020, in Florencia, Caquetá, when armed men from Comandos de Frontera attacked his home while he was defenseless. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. Héctor Orlando Bastidas Bravo, alias Bonito, the second-in-command of the Segunda Marquetalia, was imputed by Colombian authorities on September 3, 2026, for ordering the murders of two peace process signatories in Caquetá. (La Opinión, News)
2. On September 3, the Colombian Attorney General's Office (Fiscalía General de la Nación) charged Héctor Orlando Bastidas Bravo, alias 'Bonito', with the murder of two peace accords signatories. (El Espectador, News)
3. The charges against alias Bonito include conspiracy to commit crimes, aggravated homicide, drug trafficking, and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. (La Opinión, News)
4. The first murder attributed to alias Bonito is that of Luis Alberto Laguna, who was shot and killed on October 2, 2020, while traveling on the road connecting Morelia and Valparaíso in Caquetá. (La Opinión, News)
5. The imputation alleges that alias Bonito commanded approximately 100 members of the illegal armed group to carry out intimidation, forced displacement, and selective homicides to control coca base and drug trafficking routes. (La Opinión, News)
6. Prosecutors allege that Bastidas, the head of the armed group Comandos de Frontera, ordered the killings to consolidate his intimidation capacity and control coca base and drug trafficking routes in the Caquetá region. (El Espectador, News)
7. The second victim, Jorge Riaño Ramos, was killed on November 15, 2020, in Florencia, Caquetá, when armed men from Comandos de Frontera attacked his home while he was defenseless. (El Espectador, News)

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