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Colombia doubles down on trying to make president's narco ties go away
by Adriaan Alsema November 6, 2020
The evidence of ties between Colombia’s ruling party and drug trafficking is so overwhelming that the prosecution invented more charges against the cops who discovered it.
While many consider police investigators Yeferson Fabian Tocarruncho and Wadith Miguel Velasquez heroes, Prosecutor General Francisco Barbosa rightfully considers them a threat.
The “Uribista” house of cards
Barbosa is one of President Ivan Duque‘s best friends and has been implicated in the scandal. Any meaningful investigation into the Democratic Center‘s narco plot to rig the 2018 elections could ruin them both.
The evidence discovered by the cops about the far-right party plotting with the drug trafficking organization of Marquitos Figueroa is so compelling it could even send far-right former President Alvaro Uribe, whose drug trafficking ties are almost as old as the cocaine trade, to prison.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-doubles-down-on-trying-to-make-presidents-narco-ties-go-away/
