Colombia's authorities caught in a web of lies after community leader's assassination
by Adriaan Alsema June 24, 2019
President Ivan Duque and Mayor Fabio Ortiz (Image: Twitter)
Colombia’s defense minister and the mayor of the town in northern Colombia where armed men assassinated a community leader have been caught lying about the murder.
Defense Minister Guillermo Botero was forced to admit on Sunday that he lied to a local news outlet when he said guerrilla group ELN was responsible for the murder that triggered an unprecedented wave of indignation throughout Colombia.
The country’s Ombudsman’s Office on Sunday additionally rejected claims by the Tierralta Mayor’s office that the human rights body had undersigned a press statement denying community leader Maria Del Pilar Hurtado was a social leader or mentioned in a death threat sent to multiple members of the community early this month.
The Ombudsman additionally condemned death threats sent to local human rights defender Andres Chica who revealed that the killings took place amid a dispute between the family of Mayor Fabio Otero and Del Pilar Hurtado’s community.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-authorities-caught-in-a-web-of-lies-after-community-leaders-assassination/
Duque shows his dumb#### witness how to shake hands with a commoner without allowing it to touch all of your hand.
