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The strange case against AUC narco Miguel Angel Mejia in Colombia
by Adriaan Alsema October 15, 2018
Extradited drug trafficker Miguel Angel Mejia requested political asylum in the United States, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Monday.
According to newspaper El Tiempo, Mejia is “close to leaving prison” in the United States and “requested asylum to avoid being held accountable in Colombia.”
But according to investigate journalism website Verdad Abierta, the situation is considerably more complicated because chronic corruption has virtually paralyzed Colombia’s justice system.
When lawyers become snitches
The Prosecutor General’s Office last week jailed Eduardo Castellanos, the judge who in 2015 stripped Mejia of the judicial benefits he received as a former commander of demobilized paramilitary group AUC.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/the-strange-situation-miguel-angel-mejia-caused-in-colombia/