'Uribe is a war criminal': Colombia's former chief prosecutor
by Adriaan Alsema July 9, 2020
Colombia’s former chief prosecutor said Wednesday he has the evidence to see former President Alvaro Uribe convicted for two massacres.
In an interview with Semana, former Prosecutor General Eduardo Montealegre said he and his former deputy, Jorge Perdomo, are able to prove Uribe was involved in the El Aro and La Granja massacres when the far-right political patron of President Ivan Duque was governor of the Antioquia province in the late 1990’s.
Uribe tried to frame Montealegre and Perdomo while on trial on fraud and bribery charges last year, claiming they were conspiring against him, but failed.
The former chief prosecutor, who was ordered to investigate the massacres when he was in office between 2012 and 2016, continued the investigations and told Semana he will go to court as soon as the Supreme Court, which is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, reopens.
Uribe’s time has come to answer to justice. During his long political career, he has gotten away with all the crimes he has committed. He remained in impunity, he has managed to evade justice, but his time has come. Uribe is a war criminal.
Former chief prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre
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