Colombia opposition senator receives death threat amid congressional Uribe probe
Colombia opposition senator receives death threat amid congressional Uribe probe
Aug 5, 2014 posted by Nicolas Bedoya
Colombian senator Ivan Cepeda received a funeral card allegedly signed by neo-narcoparamilitary groups Oficina de Envigado and the Urabeños.
The death threat came in the days the leftist Senator successfully achieved a senatorial debate over the alleged ties of former President Alvaro Uribe, who was elected to the senate earlier this year, and saw an initial attempt to debate his alleged criminal ties shot down.
MORE: Debate over Uribe’s alleged paramilitary past shot down in Senate
Cepeda published a photo of the eerie card on his twitter account which shows a picture of Jesus Christ with a text that invites the senator to mass for his funeral on November 28, 2014.
The card is signed by Darío Antonio Usuga and alias “Cesarin”; leaders of the Urabeños and Oficina de Envigado.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombias-senator-receives-death-threat/
