Colombia Court Orders Forfeiture of Six Properties Linked to Singer Charlie Zaa
Colombia’s Justice and Peace Chamber of the Bogota Superior Court has ordered the forfeiture of six properties linked to singer Charlie Zaa after determining that they were connected to resources from the Tolima Bloc of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC). The properties are valued at 23.755 billion Colombian pesos (about US$7.1 million). The decision, […]
Colombia's Superior Court of Justice and Peace in Bogota has ordered the forfeiture of six properties linked to singer Charlie Zaa. The properties, valued at 23.755 billion Colombian pesos (approximately US$7.1 million), were found to be connected to resources from the Tolima Bloc within the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC).
The decision came on September 29, 2026, after examining the group's financing mechanisms and crimes committed between 2001 and 2005. Zaa, also known as Carlos Alberto Sanchez Ramirez, is a bolero singer whose properties are located in Girardot, Cundinamarca, and Tolima. The ruling does not impose a prison sentence or confirm his membership in the AUC.
A separate investigation into Zaa's possible connection to the funds remains active. The case follows a decade-long judicial process that began in 2014, when the court first sentenced demobilized members of the Tolima Bloc for various crimes, including homicides, forced disappearances, and forced displacement.
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