“I cut off their Beregatas and then dismantled them with some macers” “a former famous cyclist, accused of ordering the killing of 4 persons to take over their farm
Article by David Istrate – published Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 11:14 / Updated Tuesday, April 22, 2025 11:15
Luis Alberto Herrera (63 years old), a former Colombian cyclist, a winner of the Spanish Tour in 1987, was accused of murder. According to official documents, he was involved in killing 4 of his neighbors in 2002, but Herrera denies the accusations.
On Monday, April 21, the international press announced that Lucho Herrera, the former cyclist of the Cafe de Colombia and Ryalco Postbon teams, is investigated for his involvement in the death of 4 people in Fusagasuga, his hometown.
Luco Herrera, accused of contacting a military group to kill his neighbors: “He gave me 2 envelopes”
Specifically, 2 former members of a paramilitary group revealed that Herrera demanded the disappearance and killing of 4 people, arguing that they were going to kidnap it. In 2000, Colombian was abducted by Colombia's revolutionary armed forceswho released him 24 hours later, after asking for money.
“Mr. Luco Herrera gave me something to drink and gave me 2 envelopes. One contained photos with 4 people we had to pick up. He said they were guerrilla fighters to kidnap.
The other envelope contained 40 million fishermen and asked us if we want to use them to buy guns and motorcycles. These people lived near his farm, “said a witness nicknamed” Ojitos “, quoted by the brand.
“I put two behind the trailer and two in front, and I took them on the road between Novilleros and Aguadita. On a farm on the roadside, they cut their Beregts and then dismantle them with some mackerel,” added “Menudencias”, another witness.
Lucho Herera, after a stage won in Italy/Photo Tour: Imago Images
According to Noticias UNO, the TV channel that made the first disclosures about this 2002 case, the 4 victims were not actually guerrilla fighters, but were farmers who lived near Herrera's farm.
According to witnesses, The real reason why the “little gardener” would have ordered the killing of brothers Victor Manuel and Jose del Carmen Rodriguez Martines, Gonzalo Guerrero Jimenez and Diuviseldo Torres Vega was to take over their farm..
Ojitos and Meudencias claim that the inanimate bodies have been buried on a land of Herrera.
Lucho Herrera denies the accusations: “I can prove my total innocence”
The case will be investigated by the prosecutor, at the request of a court in Fusagasuga. Meanwhile, the former cyclist issued a statement denied the charges received and states that he will be made available to the prosecutor.
“These individuals belong to illegal armed groups, whose statements are completely rejecting. I have never been part of a criminal organization, nor did I intend to hurt someone. I dedicated my life to the sport and, after withdrawing from cycling, honest work.
Since today, I express my availability without reserve to cooperate with the justice system and to submit to any judicial request.
I will be willing to make a public statement once I have concrete and precise knowledge of the accusations against me from people I do not know and I can prove my total innocence, ”Herrera said.
