Father of activist Beto Coral: the police officer who participated in operations against Pablo Escobar and was murdered months later
Police Captain Humberto Coral was murdered in Medellín in April 1994, five months after the death of Pablo Escobar. His son, activist Beto Coral, contends that irregularities exist in the official investigation and that the crime could be linked to members of the institution itself.
Father of activist Beto Coral: the police officer who participated in operations against Pablo Escobar and was murdered months later
In April 1994, Police Captain Humberto Coral lost his life in Medellín, just five months after Pablo Escobar fell. The officer had been part of the team that located the Medellín cartel boss, and according to accounts from his son, activist Beto Coral, had requested relocation out of fear of reprisals.
The captain's death was initially classified as a robbery. Later, both the National Police and the president at that time, César Gaviria, changed that explanation and stated that the incident occurred "in the course of duty and by direct action of the enemy". Despite this, the investigation was closed nine months later, even though a major from the institution claimed to know the identity of those responsible.
Beto Coral, who has been in the United States since 2015 after reporting that he received threats for investigating the case, has reconstructed the facts on his social media. According to his account, the initial police report omitted crucial information: a female officer accompanied the captain at the time of the attack. This woman was reported as deceased, but years later it was discovered that she was alive in another country.
The activist also claims to have found inconsistencies in the file. He mentions that there is evidence that would prove the officer fired a weapon and that the bullets entered through the right side of the vehicle, where the captain was located. He also indicates that the scene was altered, that the body was not removed by forensic experts, and that a personal item of the officer appeared the next day in the possession of the Police, which contradicts the robbery theory.
After more than twenty years of investigations conducted on his own, Beto Coral says he has gathered statements pointing to two former officers, Hugo Aguilar and Danilo González, who belonged to a faction called Los Rojos within the Search Block. The activist links that same group to the murder of Captain Henry Orlando Umbacia.
"I did not achieve justice, but I managed to find the truth," Beto Coral said about his investigative work.
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