‘I think’ Gaviria knew tapes linking Cali cartel to Samper: Former US ambassador
‘I think’ Gaviria knew tapes linking Cali cartel to Samper: Former US ambassador
posted by Taran Volckhausen
Dec 3, 2013
Former US Ambassador to Colombia Myles Frechette said Monday that he “thought” former President Cesar Gaviria knew about campaign contributions of drug traffickers during Ernesto Samper’s successful 1994 presidential bid.
Frechetter said he believed that Gaviria hid his knowledge of the drug money in the campaign because he “wanted to protect Colombia’s image.”
Gaviria for his part denied the accusations, saying they lacked proof, and called on the United States’ government to clarify the “grave denouncement made with such outrageous lightness by Mr. Frechette.”
~ snip ~
Samper is not the first Colombian president subject to Frechette’s criticism; Over the years, the former ambassador also criticized the responses of former President Alvaro Uribe over his alleged ties to Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel.
http://colombiareports.co/us-ambassador-claims-former-president-knew-narco-casettes/