Cordoba's lawyer confirms right-wing assassination plot

[Judi Lynn]

Cordoba's lawyer confirms right-wing assassination plot
Friday, 19 August 2011 11:56
Natalie Dalton

Colombian ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba fled the country Friday after police alerted her that extreme right-wing groups have been planning her assassination, her lawyer told reporters.

"What obligated (Cordoba) to leave the country yesterday was the alert that there was a plan, already in action, to assassinate her and (police) asked her to leave in order to escape danger, very much to her sorrow. Important sources from within Colombia, of which I can not reveal, announced the alert," her lawyer Luis Guillermo Perez explained.

Perez also confirmed that they have recently seen an increase in personal attacks against the former senator, including attacks via social networking sites such as Twitter.

At the La Pola prison, Colombia's Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras commented that he didn't have "any knowledge about this information, I can't confirm or deny it, all that I can say is that the custodial body assigned to ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba is very complete...the Ministry of the Interior has been preparing to offer her total security."

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