Former Colombia president Samper to testify in Hurtado murder case

[Judi Lynn]

Former Colombia president Samper to testify in Hurtado murder case
Friday, 15 July 2011 13:57
Stephen Manker

Colombian Congress' Investigation and Accusation Commission will call on former President Enresto Samper to testify in the Alvaro Gomez Hurtado assassination case, reported El Tiempo Friday.

Congress asked Samper to testify after an extradited leader of the defunct Norte del Valle cartel Hernando Gomez, alias "Rasguño," declared that the police worked with the cartel to kill Conservative Party Senator Alvaro Gomez Hurtado in 1995.

According to Rasguno's testimony, the order to kill Hurtado came from an emissary who, according to the drug lord, was directed by then President Ernesto Samper.

The representative investigator of the Commission, Augusto Posada, said that Samper "is to be the subject of the investigation," and should testify before the committee.

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