Biography
Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio, also known as Turbo, was a member of the FARC's 57th Front. Panamanian police took him into custody on February 22, 2008 after a firefight off Jaqué, Panama. He pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in February 2011 to conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. On December 7, 2011, he was sentenced to 130 months in federal prison and two years of supervised release.
Duration consistency review October 13, 2026: The stored exact day count has been cleared because this case does not have verified day-precision confinement endpoints or an independently documented exact number of days served. Existing approximate durations and sentencing descriptions are retained. No missing date has been guessed.
Source verification
The December 7, 2011 federal sentencing announcement dates the Panamanian police capture to February 22, 2008, not 2009. It confirms the 130-month sentence imposed December 7, 2011 and two years of supervised release. The biography has been brought into line with the already-correct case dates. This source reports a February 2011 guilty plea but does not independently establish its exact day or an actual prison release date.
Sentence and custody-source verification
The April 17, 2009 U.S. Attorney announcement expressly reports the arrival from Panama that day of Alexis Freddy Mosquera-Renteria, Yarlei Bañol-Ramos and Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio to face federal material-support charges. It separately dates their Panamanian police capture and custody to February 22, 2008. April 17 is the documented U.S. arrival, not the beginning of all confinement and not a release. The existing earlier custody dates remain unchanged. The announcement describes complaint allegations and a scheduled court appearance, not a conviction or proof that the scheduled appearance occurred.
