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He was wanted by the US Government on allegations of drug trafficking, carried out six months after the peace process.[3][4] A Truth Commission report released in 2022 showed that the charges against Jesús Santrich and his arrest were a plot by the DEA and Colombian Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez to jeopardize the Colombian peace process, incite the FARC to take up arms again, and send a message to the public that the peace agreement had failed.[5]
Death
Santrich was assassinated on 17 May 2021 during a shooting in Venezuela. Five other people died in the incident.[6] Following his death several versions were put forward by the media on who was responsible, with some blaming mercenaries, the Venezuelan National Guard and the FARC blaming Colombian commandos illegally operating in Venezuela.[7][8]