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Colombia's prosecution lacks evidence to link corruption probe to FARC leader: Inspector General
by Adriaan Alsema March 7, 2019
Colombia’s prosecution has no evidence that links alleged corruption within the country’s war crimes tribunal to a controversial US extradition request for a FARC leader, according to the country’s Inspector General’s Office.
The Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday announced the arrest of a war crimes tribunal prosecutor, the boss of a notoriously corrupt political party and three other suspects, claiming they accepted bribes to “influence” the investigation of evidence related to a controversial American extradition request for the demobilized guerrilla leader by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
The Inspector General’s representative at the hearings pointed out that “in all this evidence nothing can be found that allows linking this issue to the case of ‘Jesus Santrich‘,” the FARC leader who is accused of drug trafficking charge by the United States government.
While video recordings clearly showed the suspects received money, the judicial comptroller stressed that the suspects “only once or twice” referred to delaying Santrich’s case, and only after pressure.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-prosecution-falsely-linking-corruption-probe-to-farc-leader-inspector-general/