Santos’ VP pick ‘allied with those behind death threats to opposition senator’
Santos’ VP pick ‘allied with those behind death threats to opposition senator’
Apr 28, 2014 posted by Daniel E Freeman
A spokesperson for opposition Senator-elect Claudia Lopez, said that despite confirmed threats against the politician reported by national security forces, those assumed responsible are not being apprehended due in part to links to President Juan Manuel Santos’ vice presidential pick.
Lopez’s spokesperson, Rodrigo Hurtado, emphasized to Colombia Reports that in the wake of the National Protection Unit’s (UNP) Saturday warning of an “extreme risk” of an attempt on the Green Alliance (Alianza Verde -AV) politician’s life, there are politicians such as vice presidential candidate German Vargas who are shielding those accused responsible.
Hurtado additionally claimed that local police are not taking action despite knowing where the perpetrators are and there are irregularities within the prosecution stalling any investigations.
Both the outspoken politician and the UNP have confirmed to media that the threats have come from Juan Francisco Gomez, the jailed former governor of Colombia’s northern-most state of La Guajira, and fugitive drug lord Marcos de Jesus Figueroa, a.k.a. “Marquitos.”
More:
http://colombiareports.co/santos-vp-pick-allied-threatening-opposition-senator-elect-spokesperson/
