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Former intelligence chief wiretapped Avianca pilots during strike: prosecution
by Adriaan Alsema November 1, 2018
Colombia’s prosecution on Wednesday charged a former top intelligence official on claims he was hired by airliner Avianca to spy on labor union leaders during a pilot strike last year.
The suspect is the DAS’ former intelligence chief, Laude Jose Fernandez, who allegedly spied on the pilots last year while they were negotiating improved labor terms with Avianca director German Efromovich.
Fernandez has denied the claims that he used the services of an allegedly illegal spy network run by former military commanders to spy on the pilots to obtain confidential information relevant to the negotiations.
One of the suspected spies, retired army Mayor Luis Quiroga, told prosecutors he was spying on the the pilots’ labor union ACDAC “to know what they were planning to after the strike.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/former-intelligence-chief-wiretapped-avianca-pilots-during-strike-prosecution/