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Supreme Court audio and transcripts indicate Uribe ordered fraud and bribery
by Adriaan Alsema September 9, 2019
Former President Alvaro Uribe ordered to discredit a witness who had testified the far-right politician founded a death squad in the 1990s, according to leaked Supreme Court transcripts.
The transcripts of a phone call between Uribe (AUV) and one of his assistants, Fabian Rojas, was released by public news program Noticias Uno on Sunday.
In the transcript, Uribe tells Rojas on April 23 to “discredit the testimony” of Pablo Hernan Sierra, one of the surviving members of the Bloque Metro paramilitary group who has testified that Uribe and his brother Santiago founded this death squad.
“The testimony obtained by Mr. Diego Cadena is against this gentleman, President,” Rojas responded.
Cadena, a mafia lawyer and Uribe’s fixer, has been caught on tape coercing witnesses multiple times and was accused of bribing “Victor,” a former paramilitary fighter who was expected to testify in favor of Uribe.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/supreme-court-audio-and-transcripts-indicate-uribe-ordered-fraud-and-bribery/