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Judi Lynn

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Thu Oct 14, 2021, 08:10 PM Oct 2021

Fixer of Colombia's former president released ahead of fraud and bribery trial

by Adriaan Alsema October 14, 2021

A court order the release of the fixer of Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday after the prostitution failed to timely file charges.

Diego Cadena will be able to await the rest of his trial in liberty because prosecutor Daniel Hernandez failed to formally charge the self-proclaimed “gangstattorney.”

According to Hernandez, Cadena’s defense attorneys used dilatory tactics to prevent timely court proceedings over the alleged criminal practices of Uribe’s former fixer.

The delayed court proceedings
Cadena, who allegedly bribed witnesses to testify in favor of the former president, is set to be formally charged next week.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/fixer-of-colombias-former-president-released-ahead-of-fraud-and-bribery-trial/



Diego Cadena, Álvaro Uribe's "fixer"



Diego Cadena's private plane



Diego Cadena, and his big friend



Tiny, Teflon Harvard and Oxford-educated Álvaro Uribe and his animal with a briefcase.

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