Both prime suspects of peace talks spying scandal left Colombia: Attorney
Both prime suspects of peace talks spying scandal left Colombia: Attorney
Jan 20, 2015 posted by Adriaan Alsema
Both the son and the former campaign manager of former presidential candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga are not in Colombia to face possible charges for spying on ongoing peace talks with the FARC, according to their attorney.
Local media reported earlier on Monday that Luis Alfonso Hoyos had left the country the day before. Hoyos is the former campaign manager of Zuluaga who was only an inch away from beating President Juan Manuel Santos in the 2014 elections.
Hoyos allegedly left Colombia as prosecutors found more and more evidence to sustain accusations that Hoyos and David Zuluaga, the politician’s son, paid a hacker to obtain classified information on ongoing peace talks with rebel group FARC with the alleged intention to use this information to discredit Santos during the election race.
No charges = no restrictions
Following the revelation, Zuluaga family and Democratic Center party attorney Jaime Granados told media that the son of the former presidential candidate has been outside the country for six months as he returned to his US university shortly after the elections.
Zuluaga is enrolled in Princeton, a private Ivy League university in New Jersey.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/prime-suspects-peace-talks-spying-scandal-left-colombia-attorney/
