Presidential candidate accused of bribing Colombias justice to hide paramilitary ties
written by Adriaan Alsema October 18, 2017
Colombia’s Supreme Court was paid to end an investigation into alleged ties between former Vice-President German Vargas and paramilitary warlord “Martin Llanos,” two opposition senators said Tuesday.
Both Vargas and Senator Claudia Lopez (Green Alliance) hope to take part in presidential elections held next year.
Vargas has been associated with a major corruption scandal involving the bribing of Supreme Court justices by congressmen facing criminal charges over their alleged ties to paramilitary groups.
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Robledo went as far as calling to reopen the criminal investigation into Vargas’ denied ties with Llanos, a jailed warlord with major influence in Casanare, a province in the east of Colombia.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/presidential-candidate-accused-bribing-colombias-justice/