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President Iván Duque, speaking in the National Infrastructure Congress, spoke about the voices that have been heard in recent days in defense of the ex-FARC Jesús Santrich, who is a fugitive from justice.
Particularly in Congress, some sectors of the opposition have pointed out that there was a “entrapment” by some Colombian authorities, even with the backing of a US agency.
Duque said that in recent days it has been said that ‘Jesús Santrich’ “is a meek dove, he is a little angel of good”, persecuted by justice and that there was a framework to “delegitimize his good name of criminal record” of decades.
The president recalled that since before he came to the Presidency, ‘Santrich’ was captured for extradition purposes, at the request of a United States judge, for conclusive and conclusive information.
He also recalled that the current fugitive from justice at the time was denounced by Marlon Marín, who is in the United States cooperating with the justice of that country in complaints against drug trafficking.
The president also highlighted that the former FARC negotiator after recovering his freedom, He went to Venezuelan territory where he met “with his cronies of narco-terrorism“, and where he even made some tartarinesque and threatening videos against Colombia.
“Now, then, there are voices that want to defend and legitimize such a subject of the crime,” said the head of state.
“I want it to be clear to all Colombians that ‘Jesús Santrich ‘is a gangster, he is a narco-terrorist and is being persecuted by the Colombian justice and for international justice and we are not going to lose heart in that purpose, “said the president.
(You may be interested in: The versions of Petro and the Prosecutor’s Office on drugs in the Santrich case)
Duque said that criminals who have the audacity to tell victims ‘maybe, maybe, maybe’, the important thing is that it is clear to them that they will not have a shelter or a den and that they will be confronted as often as necessary.
(Also read: Hard debate in the Senate over the case of ‘Jesús Santrich’)
