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Judi Lynn

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Tue Oct 22, 2019, 12:45 AM Oct 2019

US refusing to cooperate with Colombia in Uribe investigation: report

by Jack Norman October 21, 2019

The US government is refusing to cooperate with Colombia’s Supreme Court that is investigating former President Alvaro Uribe on fraud and bribery charges, according to weekly Semana.

Supreme Court magistrate Cesar Augusto Reyes requested the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in August to surrender records of visits and calls made to extradited paramilitary warlords and drug traffickers.

DOJ siding with mafia lawyer?
Reyes is verifying whether Uribe’s fixer, Diego Cadena, visited or contacted the extradited convicts who apparently made false claims after Uribe filed allegedly fraudulent criminal charges against opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda.

Additionally, the DOJ failed to facilitate hearings with Uribe witnesses that would allow the court to check the veracity of claims made in letters and videos provide by Uribe’s defense attorneys.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/us-refusing-to-cooperate-with-colombia-in-uribe-investigation-report/

Also posted in LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142384522

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