The president's bosses Part 3: Colombia's mafia
by Adriaan Alsema February 22, 2021
Colombia’s drug traffickers have claimed buying political support for decades, a practice that now threatens to turn the country into a mafia state.
The ties between President Ivan Duque and his country’s drug traffickers may be among the most evident, but they are not unique.
Narcos and their money laundering associates have allegedly been financing presidential campaigns since 1978 in an attempt to obtain the political power of the country’s private sector.
The origin
The first president accused of receiving drug money to finance his campaign was late President Julio Cesar Turbay, who reportedly received financial support from the father of President Alvaro Uribe, a Medellin Cartel associate, in 1978.
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