The now-demobilized paramilitary organization AUC received the support of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS, and helped the government of former President Alvaro Uribe in a conspiracy to discredit the country’s Supreme Court, ex-commander “Don Berna” testifies. In his first testimony before Colombian prosecutors since late 2010, Diego Murillo, alias Don Berna, said that the AUC received [...]
… But recent reports in the Washington Post suggest that U.S. assistance intended to combat drugs and terrorism was diverted to Colombian intelligence officials, who used it instead to spy on judges, journalists, politicians and union leaders. … Read more
… Eavesdropping on phone and electronic communications has become rampant in many Latin American countries. Those tapping phones have ranged from state intelligence agencies to drug traffickers and other criminals. When recordings are leaked to the news media, the intent is usually to cause political damage. The release of recorded conversations to private media in [...]
… In response to the claims of several ex-directors of the DAS who said Hurtado confessed that the president’s office requested wiretaps, Uribe asked the commission to take into account that the allegations were made by witnesses negotiating with the Prosecutor General’s office. Uribe also claimed that he had been a victim of illegal phone [...]
