Uribe’s biggest headache: More senior aides at risk of prison
Uribe’s biggest headache: More senior aides at risk of prison
Apr 22, 2015 posted by Alice Bradshaw-Smith
More staff of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are to be tried in the Supreme Court for alleged involvement in the wiretapping of that court, adding to the already mind-boggling number of top aides now in prison.
The head of the Court’s Prosecution Unit, Elka Venegas, is now in the final phase of collecting evidence against an array of Uribe’s former staff, who are being investigated on charges of conspiracy, unlawful violation of communications and abuse of public function, according to Colombian news source Semana.
The latest inquiry concerns unlawful involvement of Uribe’s former staff in the DAS wiretapping scandal, which unfolded in 2008 after opposition politicians, media and authorities discovered that Colombia’s now-defunct intelligence agency, the DAS, had been spying on the Supreme Court, journalists, human rights defenders and politicians.
More staff of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are to be tried in the Supreme Court for alleged involvement in the wiretapping of that court, adding to the already mind-boggling number of top aides now in prison.
The head of the Court’s Prosecution Unit, Elka Venegas, is now in the final phase of collecting evidence against an array of Uribe’s former staff, who are being investigated on charges of conspiracy, unlawful violation of communications and abuse of public function, according to Colombian news source Semana.
The latest inquiry concerns unlawful involvement of Uribe’s former staff in the DAS wiretapping scandal, which unfolded in 2008 after opposition politicians, media and authorities discovered that Colombia’s now-defunct intelligence agency, the DAS, had been spying on the Supreme Court, journalists, human rights defenders and politicians.
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http://colombiareports.co/uribes-biggest-headache-more-senior-colleagues-at-risk-of-prison/
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