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Uribe witness retracts testimony defending Colombia's former president: report
by Adriaan Alsema September 29, 2019
Colombia’s Supreme Court was supposed to hear former drug trafficker “El Tuso” on Friday, but the narco who would testify in favor of Uribe reportedly withdrew his cooperation.
Juan Carlos Sierra, a.k.a. “El Tuso,” is a childhood friend of Uribe’s cousin Mario whose stepson is married to Sierra’s cousin. El Tuso currently lives in the United States, after paying his time in prison, and applying for asylum, fearing for his life if he returns to Colombia.
Uribe’s defense attorneys called El Tuso to testify in favor of Uribe to sustain a letter he wrote in August last year, claiming that he received a visit from Senators Rodrigo Lara and Ivan Cepeda, and former Senator Piedad Cordoba in 2009 in which they offered him political asylum in Switzerland.
Additionally, El Tuso wrote that former Prosecutor General Luis Eduardo Montealegre and his deputy Jorge Perdomo would be part of the conspiracy.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/witness-withdraws-testimony-in-favor-of-colombias-president-report/