A former Colombian senator extradited to the United States acknowledged giving former President Ernesto Samper illegal campaign donations and claimed Samper allies plotted to kill an opposition leader, according to a magazine interview.
Former Senator Samuel Lopesierra told the respected Cambio magazine's Sunday issue that the donations to Samper's 1994 campaign were meant to "buy" permission to continue his smuggling of cigarettes and liquor along Colombia's Caribbean coast. Samper could not be reached to comment on the claim.
Lopesierra spoke with the respected weekly newsmagazine from a Colombian jail in early August, before he was extradited, the newsmagazine said. He gave the interview on condition his remarks not be published until he left the country.
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