Santos calls for full investigation as Colombia peace talks hacker scandal explodes
Santos calls for full investigation as Colombia peace talks hacker scandal explodes
Aug 25, 2014 posted by Steven Cohen
Presidential elections ended months ago in Colombia, but the peace talks hacking scandal that first exploded during the campaign in May has only just begun to ripple through Colombian politics.
After months on the political backburner, the scandal has heated up once again with the release Sunday of an exclusive interview with Andres Sepulveda, the alleged hacker accused of spying on ongoing peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebel group, Colombia’s largest.
In the interview, published in the weekly Semana magazine, Sepulveda claimed to have worked with active members of the Colombian military to gain access to priviledged information and communications, at the behest of various campaign officials and political allies of presidential runnerup Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, currently the director of the Democratic Center (Centro Democratico) party, the largest opposition bloc in Congress.
Speaking on the latest revelations, President Santos said Sepulveda’s statements gave him “the shivers” and called for a thorough investigation into the “criminal ring” outlined in the allegations.
“As president of the republic and chief of state, what I want is to get to the bottom of this situation, because these accusations, these allegations, are incredibly serious,” he said. “In a country of laws, in a democracy like ours, this is very dangerous.”
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