Congressman asks Santos to remove 'questionable' ambassadors

[Judi Lynn]

Congressman asks Santos to remove 'questionable' ambassadors
Friday, 20 May 2011 11:59
Toni Peters

Congressman Ivan Cepeda has asked Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to remove five of the country's ambassadors for grave misconduct, local media reported Friday.

Congressman Cepeda, from the president's Partido de la U, has asked the head of state to remove Jorge Visbal Martelo, ambassador to Peru, from his post, as he is being investigated by Prosecutor General Viviane Morales for alleged links to paramilitary leaders.

In a letter to Santos,Cepeda made the same request regarding Cesar Mauricio Velasquez, ambassador to the Vatican, who is being investigated as part of the illegal wiretapping scandal.

Cepeda added that the Colombian ambassadors to the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and the Organization of American States all have judicial proceedings against them, and should thus be relieved of their posts.

More:
http://www.colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/16414-congressman-asks-president-to-remove-questionable-ambassadors.html

Looks as if whoever made these appointments was trying to hustle these hot criminals out of the country, turn them all into ambassadors, so it would be harder to get them back for prosecution. I haven't checked yet, but the one who sent them was probably Uribe. Out of town ahead of the sheriff.