Ex-director of Colombian security agency DAS, Jorge Noguera, told the Supreme Court that President Uribe had received periodic reports on trade union activities throughout the country, reported Colombian media.
Noguera claimed the trade union surveillance was no different to any other activity undertaken by the organization to maintain public order, and that all intelligence collected by the agency went directly to his immediate superior, President Uribe.
The security agency’s former director, who is currently standing trial for crimes committed while heading DAS, told the court that the country’s president had been aware of the agency’s surveillance of suspected anti-governmental activity, whereas the Colombian government has denied knowledge of the DAS’s specific operations.
The trial over crimes committed by DAS continues.
