Colombia's former chief prosecutor embroiled in narco election rigging scandal

[Judi Lynn]

by Adriaan Alsema March 11, 2020

A leading opposition senator announced criminal charges against Colombia’s former chief prosecutor after he got tied up in a growing scandal over narcos’ involvement in rigging the 2018 election.

Robledo said he would file criminal charges against former Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez for allegedly covering up wiretaps in which a late drug money launderer was coordinating vote-buying for President Ivan Duque.

Former chief prosecutor thrown on growing investigation pile

The leaking of the wiretaps of Duque’s alleged mafia associate Jose Guillermo Hernandez have led to a slew of investigations against Duque, his political patron and former President Alvaro Uribe.

Robledo wants Congress to investigate Martinez for allegedly covering up the mafia involvement in election fraud.



Former President Alvaro Uribe (L) and mafia associate Luis
Guillermo Hernandez. (Image: Instagram)

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Interesting comment in the article from Uribe's big deal Mafia pal, now deceased:

I’m an honest guy and they are wiretapping me, son of a b… The places I go. The Prosecutor General, whoever he is, renders me tribute, believe me, because I go to the chief prosecutor and I go for the big guy.

Jose Guillermo Hernandez