Colombia military blackmailing Santos: former US ambassador
Source: Colombia Reports
written by Adriaan Alsema May 4, 2017
Colombias military lobby organization ACORE is blackmailing President Juan Manuel Santos so generals involved in war crimes be exempt from justice, according to a United States former ambassador.
In a recent interview with newspaper El Espectador, retired career diplomat Myles Frechette additionally accused the generals of the 1995 assassination of Conservative Party leader Alvaro Gomez to cover up a coup plot.
Myles Frechette (Image credit: El Especiador)
Frechette. 81, served in Colombia between 1994 and 1997 under former President Bill Clinton and is despised by many for all the right reasons.
He was the first to report on the execution of civilians by the military and has been called that shitty gringo by Liberal Party Senator Horacio Serpa, who lost his US visa after leading former President Ernesto Sampers drug-funded 1994 election campaign.
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