Human Rights

Ex-Cyclist Lucho Herrera Linked to Paramilitary Payments Amid Disappearance Case

By Economics Desk | July 2, 2025

Former cycling star Lucho Herrera admits to paying paramilitaries, raising serious questions about accountability and justice in Colombia’s forced disappearance cases.

In a startling revelation, former Colombian cycling champion Luis ‘Lucho’ Herrera admitted in 2016 to paying paramilitary forces approximately $2,482 to exclude himself from an investigation involving the forced disappearance of four individuals in his hometown Fusagasugá back in 2002.This admission came during a hearing where Herrera, once celebrated for his historic victories including the 1987 Vuelta a España and being the first Latin American to win a Tour de France stage, acknowledged handing over money to a motorcyclist who appeared at his property. The nature of this payment raises disturbing questions about complicity and corruption surrounding paramilitary violence in...

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