Colombia illegally jails key witness in Uribe family investigation
by Adriaan Alsema March 22, 2021
Colombia’s prosecution arbitrarily arrested a key witness in the case against former President Alvaro Uribe‘s brother on charges after their statute of limitations passed.
The prosecution was forced to release former Police Major Juan Carlos Meneses on Friday, two days after the former official was illegally detained in the eastern city of Cucuta.
According to Meneses’ defense attorney, the arbitrary arrest was a retaliation for the former police official’s cooperation in the investigation against Uribe’s brother Santiago, who allegedly led death squads in their native Antioquia province in the 1990s.
The arrest of the key witness is the latest abuse of power of the Prosecutor General’s Office, which is seeking impunity for the former president who was charged with fraud and bribery by the Supreme Court.
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https://colombiareports.com/colombia-arrests-key-witness-in-latest-attempt-to-frustrate-uribe-investigations/
