Odebrecht bribery: Uribe distances himself from former presidential candidate
Odebrecht bribery: Uribe distances himself from former presidential candidate
written by David Maas February 9, 2017
‘Former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe has distanced himself from his long-time political prodigy and former presidential candidate amid accusations he accepted bribes from Brazilian firm Odebrecht.
Zuluaga, the 2014 presidential candidate for Uribe’s Democratic Center pary has reportedly been accused of having received $1.6 million in campaign contributions from the corrupt Brazilian engineering firm.
The bribery scandal around the approximately $11 million in bribes has already led to the arrest of the former vice-minister of transport and allegations $1 million entered the successful 2014 presidential campaign of President Juan Manuel Santos.
Santos calls for probe of Odebrecht role in 2014 campaign
Uribe has staunchly defended others close to him already implicated in the scandal, but has now called on his Democratic Center party to investigate Zuluaga’s alleged involvement in the corruption.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/odebrecht-bribery-uribe-distances-prodigy/
Zuluaga must be WILDLY, explosively dirty if Uribe's afraid to be connected to him any longer.
