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Colombia's top human rights official back to court over alleged paramilitary ties
by Adriaan Alsema July 8, 2020
The human rights adviser of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is again facing charges she colluded with paramilitary death squads,charges that were dropped in 2014.
Bogota‘s transitional justice court asked the Supreme Court to revise its decision to absolve former Interior Minister Nancy Patricia Gutierrez of charges she was elected to the senate in 2002 with paramilitary support.
Court disputes perjury conviction
In the same ruling, the court rejected a prosecution request to strip a former paramilitary of judicial benefits on claims he was convicted for perjury in 2017.
The Justice and Peace tribunal, however, disputed the “unusual” plea deal and conviction of former policeman and member of paramilitary organization AUC Luis Alberto Medina, a.k.a. “Cristo Malo.”
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-human-rights-chief-back-to-court-over-alleged-paramilitary-ties/