Colombian Prosecutor’s Office investigates Army commander

2023-11-13 06:55:27

The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into the commander of the Colombian Army, General Luis Mauricio Ospina, for illegal surveillance and interceptions of his wife’s English teacher, the prosecuting body reported this Sunday.

“The prosecutor assigned (for the investigation) will be accompanied by experts on this subject and will order the investigative acts that he considers necessary to clarify what happened and make the corresponding decisions,” the Prosecutor’s Office explained in a statement.

This investigation is known hours after the one established by the Attorney General’s Office against General Ospina, for Allegedly ordering illegal surveillance and interceptions of his wife’s English teacherfor which he was linked as an alleged member of the FARC dissidents, the Public Ministry reported this Sunday.

According to a publication in Semana magazine, General Ospina ordered an investigation into Leonardo Colmenares, his wife’s English teacher, who established a friendship as a result of their classes, which made her husband have doubts about the real reasons why they met. periodically.

To justify these illegal monitoring and eavesdropping, General Ospina passed Colmenares off as a member of the Carolina Ramírez front, of the FARC dissidents commanded by alias “Iván Mordisco.”

The Army commander acknowledged to Semana magazine that He gave the order to investigate the professor and blamed his subordinates for any irregularities. that they could have committed in this case.

“On the occasion of the facts brought to light by a media outlet, related to surveillance and other intelligence activities carried out by a group of soldiers against an English teacher, an investigation was opened through a prosecutor from the Specialized Directorate against Criminal Organizations,” the Prosecutor’s Office stated in its statement this Sunday.

The Prosecutor’s Office also said that “reaffirms the commitment to investigate any action in which State intelligence is used for personal benefitto the detriment of the constitutional guarantees and due process that assist citizens.