US revokes Colombian congressman's visa "in retaliation of" embassy meeting leak
US revokes Colombian congressman’s visa “in retaliation of” embassy meeting leak
by Adriaan Alsema April 17, 2019
A Colombian congressman said Wednesday that the United States embassy revoked his visa after a controversial meeting between ambassador Kevin Whitaker and congressmen was leaked to the press.
House Representative John Jairo Cardenas (U Party) told W Radio that he believed his visa was revoked after talking to press about a meeting with Whitaker in which the ambassador allegedly threatened his country could cut aid if they did not limit the powers of the country’s war crimes tribunal to benefit US interests.
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Some of the lawmakers said Whitaker’s behavior was “hardly diplomatic” and even “intimidating” while he was trying to convince the lawmakers to limit the powers of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).
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The US government plunged the country’s peace process into crisis in April last year when it requested the extradition of the FARC’s long-time ideologue “Jesus Santrich” on an unsubstantiated drug trafficking claim.
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https://colombiareports.com/us-revokes-colombian-lawmakers-visa-in-retaliation-of-embassy-meeting-leak/