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The Prosecutor’s Office has just filed the indictment against Diego Cadena, Álvaro Uribe’s former attorney, who was charged with the crimes of bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud within the same case for which the ex-president is being prosecuted.
The appeal for trial is known at a time when the appeal that the criminal lawyer Iván Cancino raised against the security measure and home detention against Cadena is pending, who has already admitted that he gave money to at least two witnesses, as a help humanitarian.
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The Prosecutor’s Office says that it is clear that Cadena’s actions – which began as a defender of drug traffickers – were carried out to favor a third party.
In fact, as was said in the accusation, it is emphasized that Cadena’s actions were carried out for the benefit of a third party (constitutional gauge), in reference to Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who at that time had not yet resigned his seat in the Senate.
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Furthermore, sIt points out that the payment of at least 200 million pesos was proven, of which at least 50 million ended up in the hands of former paramilitary Carlos Enrique Vélez, so that he could falsely testify before the Supreme Court.
We have all the elements to distort the statements of Juan Guillermo Monsalve and Carlos Enrique Vélez: Iván Cancino.
One of the witnesses against Cadena is Juan Guillermo Monsalve, the son of the butler of the Guacharacas ranch, owned by the Uribe Vélez family.
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For the Prosecutor’s Office it is clear that Cadena and his partner, Juan José Salazar, were the determinants of the criminal conduct. And it is reiterated that there was a clear division of roles to seek retraction letters from witnesses who had testified against Uribe.
The paramilitary Carlos Enrique Vélez is known by the alias of Commander Victor.
The prosecutor in the case, Daniel Hernández, said in the indictment and it is emphasized in the call for trial that what was asked of Vélez was to change his version within the investigation into the El Aro massacre.
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And he says there is evidence that although Cadena was responsible for contacting Vélez, his partner took care of the rest of the task.
At this point, the money transfers to relatives and delegates of former paramilitary Vélez are detailed.
Appeal, we’ll see
“We receive the news very calmly, they are procedural stages. We are compiling all the evidence to show that no bribery or procedural fraud was committed here in favor of any person and much less to try to deceive the Supreme Court of Justice, “said criminal lawyer Iván Cancino, Diego Cadena’s lawyer.
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And he added that they have all the elements to distort the statements of Juan Guillermo Monsalve and Carlos Enrique Vélez, who are the witnesses against Cadena.
Cancino also told EL TIEMPO that a date has not yet been set to define the appeal against the security measure and the house arrest, which Cadena carries out in an apartment in Cali.
Juan Guillermo Monsalve, key witness against Uribe.
Uribe’s defense has indicated that the process must continue under Law 906. This would mean that there would still be neither an indictment nor an assurance measure and Uribe could exercise his defense in freedom.
The criminal Iván Cancino is Diego Cadena’s attorney.
The decision is known at a time when Uribe’s defense hopes that the full Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice will decide if his case – sent to the Prosecutor’s Office after his resignation from the Senate – should be carried out under the old criminal model (Law 600 ) or with the new one (Law 906).
A guarantee judge asked the high court to settle the conflict before deciding whether Uribe should regain his freedom, after transferring the case to ordinary justice.
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Uribe’s defense, led by criminal prosecutor Jaime Granados, has indicated that the process must continue under Law 906. This would mean that there would still be neither an accusation nor an assurance measure for bribery of witnesses and procedural fraud and Uribe could exercise his defense in freedom .
They also describe Monsalve, whom Cadena contacted, as a false witness.
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