Crime family heir and ally of Colombia's president sent to prison over election fraud
by Adriaan Alsema July 27, 2020
Colombias Supreme Court sentenced a controversial governor and ally of President Ivan Duque to five years in prison for election fraud.
The governor of the northern Cesar province and heir of the Gnecco crime family, Luis Guillermo Monsalve, was convicted on vote-buying charges in 2011.
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Like the family of Duques political patron, former president Alvaro Uribe, the Gnecco crime family became a member of the vast network of associated of Pablo Escobar, which allowed them to gain prominence in both organized crime and politics.
Following the death of Escobar, the Gnecco family founded a paramilitary group in Cesar while Uribe signed off on at least 20 in his home Antioquia province.
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