Colombia pressures Interpol to help hunt fugitive Uribe associate
Colombia pressures Interpol to help hunt fugitive Uribe associate
Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:21
Marc Hall
top Colombian prosecutor has traveled to France to campaign for international police help in the hunt for fugitive former peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, reported Colombian media Wednesday.
Martin Moreno Sanjuan will put pressure on Interpol to issue an arrest warrant for Restrepo, who's accused of staging the demobilization of a fake FARC front during his tenure under former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.
Interpol has delayed issuing a warrant for Restrepo, who fled to the U.S. from Colombia on January 8, as it seeks clarity on the charges brought against him, which include consipracy, embezzlement by appropriation, fraud, trafficking and possession of weapons.
Sanjuan, head of the Prosecutor General's anti-corruption office, will confirm to Interpol that the charges are not political, despite Restrepo's claims that he is a political fugitive. A positive verdict from the international police force would confirm Restrepo as an internationally-wanted criminal and hamper his attempts to find political asylum overseas.
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