Former Colombian anti-mafia prosecutor sentenced for aiding mafia .
Former Colombian anti-mafia prosecutor sentenced for aiding mafia .
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 08:52 Rob Edmond
A Colombian judge on Wednesday sentenced a former prosecutor of an anti-mafia unit to five years in prison after finding him guilty of aiding drug traffickers.
Leobaldo Latorre was convicted of having links with the drug trafficker Carlos Aguirre Babativa, alias ''The Lord'', and more specifically providing him with information on how to handle legal prosecutions while taking bribes and using his influence in the favor of the mafia boss.
Evidence such as audio and video and a total of 68 documents were used against Latorre resulting in him been sentenced to 5 years and 5 months in prison.
Latorre is the nephew of former army general Pauselino Latorre, with whom the former prosecutor was arrested in 2008, and who also has been convicted of corruption.
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/26776-former-colombia-anti-mafia-prosecutor-sentenced-for-aiding-mafia.html
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Google translation from Colombian newspaper, El Tiempo:
From star to Prosecutor convicted for collaborating with the Mafia
By: JUSTICE EDITORIAL |10:07 pm | October 30, 2012
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The former prosecutor was one of the managers new accusatory system. Endorsed by the Embassy of the United States, between 2004 and 2007 over 1,500 trained prosecutors in handling the new model and was recognized as one of the trusted men of Washington.
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Among those captured was his uncle, General Pauselino Latorre, former commander of Army Intelligence. negotiated The former prosecutor with the attorney and has just been sentenced to five years in prison. Latorre and uncle were entangled with the organization of drug trafficker Carlos Aguirre Babativa, who authorities sent 10 tons of cocaine each month to the United States and Europe.
He accepted the charges of conspiracy, influence peddling, bribery and illegal advice. As part of the agreement, promised to deliver 5 million pesos, which allegedly paid an investigator to obtain information for the narco Aguirre Babativa. 's high court Bogotá endorsed on 24 October, the draft agreement, and granted a three-year reduction in sentence. The former official was sent to prison La Picota, Bogota. Similarly, relations with that organization, last month the fifth judge specializing in Bogota General Latorre pleaded guilty to the offenses of aggravated conspiracy and money laundering. According to the prosecution, the exmilitar was responsible for giving the appearance of legality to the investments of the drug trafficking organization. It is expected that in the coming days are drawn to pay the penalty to the officer. Latorre The former prosecutor is not the only member of the unit who has completed Antimafia tangled. In January last year, was extradited to the U.S. Ramiro Antury , considered one of the most experienced prosecutors in combating mafia and who finished processing because key information would be leaked to the organization of the brothers 'Comba'. 's also being investigated Bula Camilo former prosecutor for alleged involvement in irregularities in DNE.
http://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-12346506.html
