Congressman demands investigation into Uribe's role in land sales

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Congressman demands investigation into Uribe's role in land sales
Thursday, 01 September 2011 06:56
James Bargent

Congressman Ivan Cepeda took advantage of a house debate on land restitution to call for an investigation into ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s role in land sales.

Cepeda denounced Uribe for “influence peddling” over his rulings in the cases of allocating 75,000 hectares of land to 25 companies in the Montes de Maria mountains.

Cepeda said, “The Montes de Maria are in the power of friends of ex-president Uribe”.

Cepeda exhibited a series of videos and documents that purported to show "a land grab that was sponsored by a conspiracy of businessmen from Antioquia."

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Great seeing the current administration's emphasis, mentioned in the last sentence:

The Minister of Agriculture, Juan Camilo Restrepo responded that the courts should investigate the cases, adding that it was the current government that first denounced the sales.