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A series of legal actions against those indicated by the episode of the profiling from the Army announced this Wednesday various sectors of the opposition, in Congress.
A few days ago, some media outlets revealed that some members of the Army are monitoring and profiling journalists, opposition politicians and even members of the National Government with elements that the United States delivered to Colombia for intelligence work.
The legal remedies to which the opponents will go for these events were revealed in the midst of a debate of virtual political control to the Defense Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, and other officials of the Executive, in the Second Committee of the Senate, this Wednesday.
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According to the senator for the Pole, Iván Cepeda, along with his colleagues Gustavo Bolívar (petrista), Antonio Sanguino (‘green’) and Feliciano Valencia (Mais) They will file several “legal actions” against those involved in these alleged follow-ups.
“We are going to inform the congressmen of the United States What are your funds being invested in Colombia, “Cepeda announced, referring to the fact that, presumably, these profiles have been made with the intelligence tools that country has provided to Colombia.
#CrimeIntelligence Intelligence cannot continue to use criminal methods or serve political sectors as the source of its dirty propaganda campaigns against peace or if that intelligence becomes a tool to assassinate political and social leaders
– Iván Cepeda Castro (@IvanCepedaCast) May 13, 2020
Additionally, Cepeda stated that they intend “denounce Dr. Rafael Nieto Loaiza for the alleged crimes of unlawful violation of communications and conspiracy to commit a crime “.
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“We are going to denounce the nine generals that I mentioned and we are going to send this information to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and we will also make an audit request to the Comptroller General of the Republic, on the assets and assets of these generals, “said the opposition congressman.
What the Government said
Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo defended the “democratic” character of President Iván Duque and said that on some occasions it is intended to ignore the “presumption of innocence” of the military related to these events.
Likewise, he defended the intelligence and counterintelligence tasks carried out by the State and insisted that these should be carried out “within the framework of the Constitution and the law.”
He added that the National Government “anticipated” in the inquiries for this episode and that among the actions that have been carried out is requesting an “audit” in the Army of “the intelligence and counterintelligence activities” of the last 10 years.
“It is not true that the Government has done nothing,” said Holmes Trujillo, adding that the Executive has not “rolled its eyes” before situations of this nature.
The official made it clear that the forces have always been in a position to “cooperate” with the authorities’ investigations and that, in addition, there are already three inquiries into this episode.
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