He President Gustavo Petro He said this Thursday that he spoke with his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchezso that Diego Marinconsidered the ‘smuggling czar’, is placed in the hands of the Colombian justice system and large networks of political corruption are revealed.
“I contacted the president of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, to ensure that Diego Marín, alias ‘Pitufo’, is brought to Colombian justice“wrote the Colombian head of state on his X account.
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Marín, who has dual nationality – Colombian and Spanish -, He was arrested on April 5 in the Valencian town of Gandía and was handed over to a judge of the National Court.which decreed his freedom with precautionary measures such as the withdrawal of his passport and the obligation to appear every 15 days while the extradition request is being processed.
Petro added that the “Great smuggling has been the hinge between great political and state powers and drug trafficking, for decades, ruining the national industry.“.
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Diego Marín, alias ‘Smurf’
The Colombian authorities claim Marín for smuggling, bribery and membership in a criminal organization.
The Colombian president concluded his writing by saying: “It is good that these relationships of great corruption are revealed with their own name“.
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Petro, last June, requested that Spain extradite Marín so that “submit to justice“and detail”his 38-year relationship with political power in Colombia“.
“There is a big smuggling kingpin controlled in Madrid, Spain. The Colombian justice system wants it. He has been dedicated to this activity for 38 years. Never, he was not even persecuted, there was never a trial in Colombia“Petro said on that occasion.
Smuggling.
The decision of the Spanish judge was criticized by Petro, who recalled that despite speaking with Sánchez and “There is an extradition treaty that we have fully complied with, the Spanish justice system has released the main smuggler and money launderer of drug trafficking in Colombia.“.
Petro reinforced by saying that he has asked Spain to extradite Marín because “He wants vacations in Spain and enjoy his fortune, because he is a Spanish citizen too.“.
Likewise, the president said that what was proceeding was an investigation by the Police, the DEA because Marín “He built a network of links, within the State, the ports, the Dian, the Customs, the Fiscal and Customs Police (Polfa) and others (…) The man’s method was to infiltrate all the presidential campaigns“.
EFE
