Zuluaga in the corner: Former presidential hopeful to be questioned over peace talks spying
Zuluaga in the corner: Former presidential hopeful to be questioned over peace talks spying
Jan 21, 2015 posted by Adriaan Alsema
The leading opposition candidate in Colombia’s 2014 elections was called into questioning on Tuesday over his alleged role in the illegal spying on ongoing peace talks allegedly carried out by his campaign team. His attorney said his client might request political asylum abroad.
Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, the former candidate of the Democratic Center party of former President Alvaro Uribe, came under fierce criticism during the election campaign after prosecutors had dismantled a covert, military-run spy center that later was alleged to have provided classified information to Zuluaga’s campaign team.
The campaign worker allegedly in charge of collecting this illegal information was arrested in May, weeks before the first round of the elections, subsequently turned government witness and has claimed he was hired to set up a black propaganda campaign to discredit peace talks with rebel group FARC that had been initiated by Zuluaga’s competitor, President Juan Manuel Santos.
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Zuluaga’s son David and the candidate’s former campaign manager, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, were also called into questioning on Tuesday.
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http://colombiareports.co/zuluaga-corner-former-presidential-interrogated-peace-talks-spying/