Surprise postponement in ‘parapolitics’ case against former Colombia senator

[Judi Lynn]

Surprise postponement in ‘parapolitics’ case against former Colombia senator
Aug 13, 2014 posted by Emil Foget

An ongoing criminal case against a former Colombian senator was postponed after the Supreme Court judge found out his own sister was to deliver the testimony, local media reported on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court judge declared himself incompetent when he was surprised by his sister taking the witness stand in the “parapolitics” case against former Senator Piedad Zuccardi, according to Colombia’s El Universal newspaper.

The case was delayed on the same day the Supreme Court had allowed former paramilitary ringleaders to testify if they had any links to the defendant.

The “parapolitics” case against the former senator has been delayed to September 22.

In 2010, Zuccardi was reported to have fled to Costa Rica where she unsuccessfully sought asylum.

Following Costa Rica, the then-fugitive senator went to Panama, which in 2010 granted political asylum to the former director of Colombia’s now-defunct intelligence agency DAS, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, while she was being investigated for her role in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, congressmen, and presumed critics of former President Alvaro Uribe.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/surprise-impairment-parapolitics-case-former-senator/

[Peace Patriot]

1. Thanks for keeping us posted on these cases in Colombia.

I wonder if the Bush Jr./Alvaro Uribe crime link will ever turn up. I think there has been a lot of effort and activity by the CIA (Leon Panetta in particular) and by other U.S. government personnel and officials to keep it buried.