New Uribe investigator appointed after others resign

[gbscar]

New Uribe investigator appointed after others resign
Thursday, 02 June 2011 14:35
Jim Glade

Yahir Acuña was named the newest investigator in a congressional committee investigating former President Alvaro Uribe's possible involvement in illegally wiretapping government opponents, human rights workers and magistrates.

Acuña's predecessor Cambio Radical Representative Camilo Andres Abril resigned May 25, just two days after taking over the investigative roll because of threats he was reportedly receiving telling him not "to mess with Uribe."

The original lead investigator Alfredo Bocanegra Varon (Conservative Party) resigned May 4 for reasons of possible bias explaining that he "would not renounce his critical thinking."

For his part, Acuña, a congressman from Sucre department represented by the Afrovides political movement told El Espectador Thursday, "The country wants to know the legal truth from the wiretaps ... If ex-president Uribe eventually has some type of responsibility our hands will not tremble as we carry the investigation to the very end under the law."

Acuña added, however, that if Uribe were eventually found innocent "nor will we tremble to take decisions that we will have to take."

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According to a report from newspaper El Tiempo, the congressional investigator is named in military intelligence reports for having suspected links to paramilitaries.

Acuña replied to the newspaper saying that he can prove that he does not have ties with paramilitary organizations.

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http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/16718-new-uribe-investigator-appointed-after-others-resign.html

Comment:

One does start to wonder if this guy will indeed last any longer by figuratively licking Uribe's boots or if he suddenly runs into trouble after showing any real signs of independence, but I'm not exactly going to be very optimistic, either way.

[bemildred]

1. They need the threaten to kill them if they resign too.

And they need to kill the guy that overlooked that obvious necessity too, I mean they are going to kill everybody if that is what it takes. Urbito is sacred.
:sarcasm: