DAS director’s testimony compromises admiral
Former DAS director Andres Peñate has testified that the fingerprint shown on the receipt of delivery of mafia money was not falsified, thus implicating navy admiral Gabriel Arango Bacci. Arango…
Former DAS director Andres Peñate has testified that the fingerprint shown on the receipt of delivery of mafia money was not falsified, thus implicating navy admiral Gabriel Arango Bacci. Arango…
The Colombian government is seeking greater transparency in its intelligence-gathering, and is implementing an Intelligence Act to ensure that scandals such as the DAS wiretapping incident of earlier this year…
Three police officers were involved in the illegal wiretapping of phones of Supreme Court magistrate Ivan Velasquez, the National Police announced Tuesday. According to a press release, the officials all…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office ordered the release of two former deputy directors of the Colombian intelligence service DAS, who had been apprehended on wiretapping charges. Alberto Lagos and Fernando Tabares,…
Colombia’s National Police commander, Oscar Naranjo, admitted Tuesday that phones of Supreme Court magistrate Ivan Velasquez were unjustly wiretapped by police and prosecution investigators. The illegal wiretap had been denounced…
The National Police will replace intelligence agency DAS as Colombian partner of international police organization Interpol on October 1. “The National Government decided that the Central National Office of Interpol…
The phones of a Supreme Court magistrate in charge of the ‘parapolitics’ investigations were illegally wiretapped from the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Prosecutor General himself denounced. According to PG Guillermo…
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe said Saturday that criminals are plotting revenge to discredit Colombia and its government. Addressing a community council in the city of Armenia, the president rejected allegations…
Amid a scandal involving illegal spying on government critics, Colombia’s domestic intelligence agency DAS will be dismantled and a new agency will be set up to focus on intelligence and…