parapolitics Witness said to be threatened by a former executive of U. Magdalena

[Judi Lynn]

Google translation from Colombian paper, El Espectador:

30 Aug 2010 - 5:39 pm
parapolitics Witness said to be threatened by a former executive of U. Magdalena
Eduardo Davila , brother of former governor , would also be sought to promote undue the control.

Eduardo Davila Armenta , a former football team owner Magdalena Union , have threatened to kill the witness Carlos Mendoza couple denounced the deponent , who testified that he received offers to support the manager and his brother , former Gov. Jose Domingo Davila Armenta, within the para-politics scandal .

Supposedly , members of the so-called "Black Eagles" guarding the manager had planned to assassinate him, but the person who was entrusted with the mission, alias " Black Red " made him the warning and added that another person would serve as a witness in the process, "Doña Carmen ", was assassinated , which eventually led him to go to the Witness Protection Program .

He added that after he was persecuted for several months by the first of the brothers, was also contacted by the former paramilitary Edgardo Vincennes , alias " Hombresolo , "to surrender statements that favored the prosecution today in exchange for the delivery of 140 million pesos.

He said he had been contacted by e-mail to prepare your return, but was stopped because he suspected they were not going to hand over the money and , instead, it was risking his life.

He said that raised the complaint with the prosecutor Human Rights 51 , James Franco, but never had a concrete answer about the findings and their safety , because he feels abandoned to their fate and fearful of what might happen with your life .

Mature denied , also, that the former commander of the Northern Bloc of the AUC Rodrigo Tovar Pupo , alias "Jorge 40 ", had declared a military target Davila Armenta former governor , who he said may have met with the former for Hernan Giraldo Serna, even if you are not sure of the materialization of the meeting.

Apparently, other demobilized had contacted a group of witnesses that their statements would not affect the leader in the process faced by parapolitics .

The witness said his motivation for the apparent indifference shown by the Witness Protection Program with their complaints and noted that questions have been raised about the advisability of continuing to work with authorities at the state of vulnerability that have said after their demobilization.

Judge Leonidas Bustos , meanwhile , found that the witness had not been so vehement in their statements , as it did before the Office 25 of the Anti-Terrorism Unit , which reported on the offers it received in exchange for testifying in favor of Davila Armenta .

http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo-221799-testigo-de-parapolitica-dice-estar-amenazado-ex-directivo-de-u-mag

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Google translation from Caracol Radio:

Witnesses claim to favor offering millionaire former governor of Magdalena
Caracol | August 30, 2010

Carlos Enrique Mendoza couple said to the prosecutor who offered him 140 million dollars to change his statement and not binding on Jose Domingo Davila Armenta and the paramilitaries.

In the interview made by the prosecution, Mendoza said the couple paid 140 million dollars offered to change his version would be delivered after to bring the document with your new statement before the notary and says it has no links with the AUC.

The witness said a brigadier general and a retired general also spoke in favor of Davila Armenta , reiterating that the former governor has no ties to the paramilitaries.

According to defense lawyer , Ivan Cancino , the witness will clarify today before the Supreme Court handed version of Office.

" It will bring the evidence , the questionnaires said that he did arrive, emails, phone text messages and I am absolutely convinced that my client has no connection , "said Cancino.

This afternoon, Mendoza couple must file an expanded statement on the version provided to the Prosecutor in the Supreme Court , which will argue and present all the documents proving the alleged bribe to favor the governor of Magdalena.

http://www.caracol.com.co/nota.aspx?id=1350739