Colombian senator Piedad Córdoba has two processes in force in the high court of that country. The first of them is for alleged links with the FARC, and the second is for links with businessman Alex Saab, alleged figurehead of President Nicolás Maduro.
The former Venezuelan general, Clíver Antonio Alcalá Cordones, was summoned by the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia together with the nephew of Iván Márquez, dissident of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Marlon Marín, to testify in the process that is being carried out against the elected senator, Piedad Córdoba, for alleged links with the FARC.
according to the newspaper Weekthe office of the magistrate Cristina Lombana presumes that the former Venezuelan military “was a kind of bridge with Córdoba to manage businesses and obtain benefits from the National Currency Commission” that allowed the suspect and her family circle to enrich themselves.
The magistrate hopes to move to North American territory to carry out the proceedings, at the same time that she hopes that the retired soldier has relevant information for the process that she is carrying out.
“For purposes of establishing the existence of the punishable conduct investigated and the possible responsibility of former senator Piedad Esneda Córdoba, it is important to obtain the statement of Clíver Antonio Alcalá Cordones, whose practice is requested to be authorized in order to question him about his knowledge of the crime. conduct described above, since, in his capacity as a retired general of Venezuela, he knew closely the relationship of the investigated with different officials of that country, “says the document.
Alcalá has been in jail in New York, accused of drug trafficking, since 2020, when he turned himself in to the National Intelligence Directorate (DEA) in Colombia.
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For her part, the lawyer Ximena Castilla, who defends the interests of the elected senator, filed a challenge against the magistrate, assuring that in the rogatory letter to obtain the version, the official expressed his opinion on the file.
“In this event, it is not proven that Piedad Esneda Córdoba Ruíz has received resources from Cadivi and the CLAPs, therefore, she cannot infer, that is, draw a consequence from something that is not proven. Additionally, she cannot deduce, as she has done, that she and her family circle got rich and that she held events for her benefit and that of the “criminal organization”, because she acts biased and partially, that is, she has prejudged, “he said. The lawyer.
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