He is also accused of covertly masterminding the repression of the Aseguradoras del Régimen Subsidiado de Salud (ARS) (Spanish for Health Subsidized Regime Insurance) in many municipalities in the Caribbean Region as well as being the alleged ring leader of a loose confederation of drug traffickers operating in the eastern zone of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (a coastal mountain range in northern Colombia) and La Guajira (and adjacent region bordering Venezuela).
The Organization of American States (OAS) denounced Jorge 40's paramilitary activities after alleged collusion with local government forces in order to kill eight people in Curumani, Cesar, accusing them of being informants of the ELN guerrilla.
According to Colombian Interior Minister Carlos Holguin they have been refusing to comply to the country's Peace and Justice law and are therefore extradited to the United States.
It also closes the door to the possibility that victims can participate directly in the search for truth about crimes committed during the conflict, and limits access to reparations for damages that were caused.
"[4] On August 18, 2020 Colombian radio station La W reported that Tovar Pupo will be released from the federal detention facility at Allenwood, PA and would likely be deported back to Colombia.