'Attempt on life' of FARC false demobilization witness
'Attempt on life' of FARC false demobilization witness
Friday, 10 February 2012 10:04
Arron Daugherty
Ex-FARC guerrilla Raul Agudelo, alias “Olivo Saldaña”, said he was the target of a foiled assassination attempt in Bogota's La Picota prison, reported local media Thursday.
Agudelo is part of a false demobilization scandal that took place during former president Alvaro Uribe's tenure, implicating many Uribe officials, including former Peace Commisioner Luis Carlos Restrepo -- who was discovered to have fled Colombia Thursday.
Agudelo, Restrepo, and a drug trafficker allegedly paid homeless and unemployed people to train, live and act like FARC guerrillas, then surrender to security forces.
"I want to announce that [Thursday] at 9am a plan to kill me was dismantled. A prisoner named William Marroquin had in his possession a 38 revolver and was going to take my life," said Agudelo.
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