Ex-Uribe security chief also investigated over links with paramilitaries
Ex-Uribe security chief also investigated over links with paramilitaries
Apr 16, 2014 posted by Oliver Sheldon
Colombia’s prosecution has opened further accusations against former general Flavio Buitrago, the second former security chief of ex-president Alvaro Uribe with alleged ties to paramilitary drug traffickers.The former general of the police, Buitrago, has been accused of links with the “Bloque Central Bolivar” (BCB) paramilitary organization during his time as security chief serving under Uribe.
The money laundering unit is investigating whether Buitrago had links with any other criminal organizations, according to newspaper El Espectador. According to El Espectador, officials first became aware of alleged links between Buitrago and the paramilitaries from the DEA in the United States, who informed that Buitrago’s name was often mentioned by extradited paramilitaries in jail in Miami.
On 3 December 2013, the chief prosecutor of the case travelled to Miami to meet the incarcerated Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo , alias Macaco, the former head of the BCB.
It was revealed that Macaco first had contact with Buitrago in 1996 when he was serving in the police department of Antioquia, and from that point onwards was on the payroll of the paramilitaries.
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