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Judge reinstates mayor implicated in social leader's murder that shook Colombia
by Adriaan Alsema August 1, 2019
A judge revoked the suspension of a mayor from northern Colombia who is investigated in relation the the murder of a community leader that triggered mass protests last week.
The Inspector General’s Office suspended Mayor Fabio Otero of Tierralta, a town in the Cordoba province, to prevent him from possibly destroying evidence of suspected ties between his administration and a paramilitary group.
Otero became the center of international attention after the assassination in his town of Maria del Pilar Hurtado, one of the leaders of a community that was involved in a land dispute with the mayor’s father, a convicted land thief.
Cordoba justice’s mysterious ways
The mayor successfully appealed the decision in Monteria, the capital of Cordoba, claiming the watchdog had failed to timely notify him that he was under investigation.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/court-reinstates-mayor-implicated-in-social-leaders-murder-that-shook-colombia/