In the last few hours a controversial request made by the Government of President Gustavo Petro to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in which he requests that the former commander of the extinct FARC, ‘Simón Trinidad’, be pardoned. after more than 15 years of being sentenced in the United States.
This request was revealed by Noticias Caracol, in which it assures that it was filed through the ambassador to the United States, Daniel García Peña, to the Undersecretary of States for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian Nichols.
This request was made in order to ‘Simón Trinidad’ be a peace manager in the negotiation processes that the Government is carrying out with the FARC dissidents, among them the Central General Staff and the Second Marquetalia.
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The document sent reads: “I would like to follow up on the official note that I sent to the national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, through which, on behalf of the Government of Colombia, We respectfully request the President of the United States to grant clemency and pardon to Mr. Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda”.
In addition, the ambassador requested authorization for a personal visit to ‘Simón Trinidad’ in the Florence Colorado prison, where he is imprisoned.
A planned meeting in Washington this Monday, November 25 to discuss the issue between a senior official from the Colombian Foreign Ministry and a representative of the United States Department of State.
Following this request from the Government of President Petro, Senator María Fernanda Cabal questioned said request in her X account.
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“How much does the Trinidad terrorist know that they want him here? The entire FARC secretariat should be in the US paying for drug traffickers and murderers”wrote the congresswoman.
It is worth remembering that ‘Simón Trinidad’ was sentenced to 60 years in prison by the kidnapping of American citizens Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes, released in operation check in 2008.
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