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This Tuesday a new chapter of the controversy over the case of the 24,000 audios of the file of ‘Jesús Santrich’, which the Prosecutor’s Office and the DEA had denied to the Jurisdiction Especial para la Paz (JEP) when it had in its hands the process against the former head of the Farc, today a deserter of the peace process and a member of the ‘Segunda Marquetalia’ dissidence.
(In context: Counterpoint between JEP and former prosecutor Martínez for audios of the Santrich case)
The United States Embassy in Colombia made a statement on cooperation between the two countries on law enforcement and the peace process, in which, without mentioning the case, it referred to the role of the Drug Control Administration. (DEA, for its acronym in English) in Colombia.
(Also read: ‘Neither entrapment nor drugs from the Prosecutor’s Office’: Néstor Humberto Martínez)
Any claim to the contrary is unfounded and undermines our effort to combat transnational crime.
“The DEA and other agencies follow procedures on the development of cases and investigation methods that comply with the laws of the United States and Colombia. Any assertion to the contrary is baseless and only undermines our joint effort to combat transnational crime,” he said. the Embassy.
(It may be of your interest: Video of Santrich thanking those who defend him in the case of coca)
The embassy also noted that the DEA and other representatives of United States law enforcement in Colombia they work in strict compliance with the regulations of both countries and under the supervision of prosecutors.
On the other hand, he highlighted that in the last four years the North American country has contributed more than 1,000 million dollars to the implementation of the peace agreement signed between the government and the FARC, a process that the United States supports.
To put the case of the ex-guerrilla in context, it must be remembered that in April 2018, the former peace negotiator Seuxis Hernández Solarte (alias Jesús Santrich), was arrested on an accusation of drug trafficking, at the request of the United States Embassy in Colombia.
(It may interest you: The novel of the liberation and the recapture of Santrich)
Recently a video of ‘Jesús Santrich’ was released in which he thanks some politicians for, supposedly, defending him.
Supposedly, ‘Santrich’ had participated in a conspiracy to send 10 tons of cocaine to that country after December 1, 2016, the date on which the peace agreement entered into force, which implied losing its benefits.
However, in May 2019 the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) ordered the release of the guerrilla, and applied the guarantee of non-extradition, arguing that the tests did not allow “to evaluate the conduct or establish the precise date of its conduct.” This fact led to the resignation of the Attorney General of the time, Néstor Humberto Martínez
On June 30 of last year, ‘Santrich’ abandoned his security scheme and disappeared until August, when a video of him was released, along with other FARC commanders such as ‘Iván Márquez’ and ‘El Paisa’, with whom he announced his return to arms.
(Also read: Prosecutor’s Office talks about the mysterious drug origin of the ‘Santrich’ case)
The history of audios
The discussion about the role of the DEA in the ‘Santrich’ case has its origin in a revelation made by The viewer on November 8, according to which 24,000 audios of the file of the former FARC commander ‘Jesús Santrich’, that were in the hands of the DEA and the Prosecutor’s Office, were denied to the JEP for your research on the guerrilla.
The uproar that the issue aroused led to an extraordinary press conference called by the JEP to clarify its actions in the case, which did not take long to receive a response from the Attorney General of the Nation at the time, Néstor Humberto Martínez.
(You may be interested: After Santrich’s video, Duque says that he will face him with determination)
On the one hand, the president of the JEP, Eduardo Cifuentes, said that the Review Section “He made repeated requests to the Prosecutor’s Office in order to obtain sufficient evidence to make a decision. Those requirements were never answered in a satisfactory way ”.
The supposed 24,000 audios that have been talked about were not part of an alleged file against alias Santrich
Cifuentes highlighted that, by an order of the Constitutional Court, the Prosecutor’s Office had to send the JEP the complete file of the extradition process of Seuxis Pausias Hernández Solarte (alias Jesús Santrich), including the documentation and supporting evidence (audios and videos ) that were in his power, however, the magistrate affirmed, although some of those videos were shown in the media, they were not brought to the jurisdiction.
In light of this, Néstor Humberto Martínez pointed out that, on July 26, 2018, the Prosecutor’s Office sent the entire extradition file to the JEP. Regarding the documentation and probative support that were requested in addition to the file, he assured that, “in a spirit of collaboration, on September 25, 2018 the Prosecutor’s Office proceeded to share evidence from the prosecuting body that was working in an investigation against citizen Marlon Marín (not alias Santrich), to the extent that there were references to Mr. ‘Santrich’ that would allow the JEP to establish the date of the crime ”.
(Read on: Duque describes ‘Jesús Santrich’ as a gangster and narco-terrorist)
Regarding the issue of the 24,000 audios, most of which had been denied to the JEP, Martínez said that the Prosecutor’s Office shared 12 interceptions that were part of investigations against Marlon Marín, which contributed to “validating the sworn statement in support of the request for extradition against ‘Santrich’ ”, which had been formalized by the United States through a diplomatic note of June 7, 2018.
The former prosecutor said that in 2018, at the time of the extradition process, “the supposed 24,000 audios that have been publicly spoken about were not part of an alleged file against alias Santrich, as validated by the JEP, without any type of corroboration . It is public knowledge that the Prosecutor’s Office opened a file for drug trafficking against ‘Santrich’ in 2019. For obvious reasons, that file could not exist in 2018 ”.
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