Ex-Official of Colombia’s DAS Implicates Uribe in Wiretap Scandal

[Judi Lynn]

Caracas,
Sunday
October 17,2010
Ex-Official of Colombia’s DAS Implicates Uribe in Wiretap Scandal

BOGOTA – An erstwhile high-ranking official of Colombia’s DAS security service said an ex-director of that entity ordered her to spy on opposition figures at the express request of former President Alvaro Uribe.

Caracol Radio reported on its Web site Saturday that DAS’s former deputy director of operations, Martha Ines Leal, said in a sworn statement to the Attorney General’s Office that ex-DAS director Andres Peñate ordered her to conduct covert surveillance on former Sen. Piedad Cordoba – known for brokering the release of hostages held by leftist rebels – concerning one of the leftist lawmaker’s trips to Mexico.

Peñate told Leal that that “information was requested by Alvaro Uribe” to try to demonstrate that “Cordoba had traveled to Mexico City for a meeting organized by that country’s Labor Party with funds provided by that same party” and not with “her own funds,” as the senator had said.

According to Caracol, it marks the first time a top ex-official of DAS has testified that former directors of that agency had asked for information at Uribe’s request.

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[EFerrari]

1. Wasn't Senator Cordoba accused of supporting FARC

along with Chavez when all of that started?

[Bacchus39]

2. she's been banned from serving in public office for 18 years for collaborating with the Farc n/ts

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