'DAS was infiltrated by paramilitaries'

[Judi Lynn]

'DAS was infiltrated by paramilitaries'
Friday, 01 April 2011 07:40
Tom Heyden

Colombia's intelligence agency DAS was infiltrated by paramilitaries, according to the testimony of its former deputy director of counter-intelligence.

Jorge Alberto Lagos said that when he reviewed the organization in 2007, he discovered that paramilitaries had infiltrated all areas and positions, above all during the directorship of Jorge Noguera, El Nuevo Dia reported Friday.

"We found a lot of infiltration of groups, especially Self-Defense , the majority from the northern Atlantic coast," he said, adding that many levels of DAS were compromised by the paramilitaries with whom "some people were very close."

Lagos seemingly blamed the government for the alleged paramilitary links, explaining that the close ties came about as a result of the government's directives that DAS should provide security for demobilized paramilitaries.

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