Jailed paramilitary names high profile kidnappers
Jailed paramilitary names high profile kidnappers
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 17:24
Arron Daugherty
Extradited AUC commander "Don Berna," has named a deceased AUC comrade and ex-Colombian intelligence agency official in several high profile kidnappings, reported local media Tuesday.
Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano alias, "Don Berna," gave his latest testimony from a prison cell in Miami, where he is serving a 31 year sentence for cocaine trafficking.
According to the testimony Jose Miguel Narvaez (former sub-director of now dismantled Colombian intelligence agency DAS) and AUC commander Carlos Castaño were the masterminds behind the 1994 kidnapping of then Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba, for her perceived ties to the FARC (Colombia's largest guerrilla group).
Don Berna said, "Narvaez wanted [the AUC] to kill her, to shoot her. He always thought anything left wing was dangerous for the country."
More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/22210-jailed-paramilitary-names-dead-comrade-and-former-intelligence-official-in-kidnappings.html