2024-01-20 22:51:46
Colombian senator Piedad Córdoba, from the ruling Historical Pact, who Years ago she was known for her mediation work to achieve the release of those kidnapped by the FARC guerrilladied this Saturday in Medellín (northwest) at the age of 68, confirmed President Gustavo Petro.
“Piedad Córdoba was a woman beaten by an era and a society. “She fought all her mature life for a more democratic society,” Petro said in a message on X, where she added: “As a congressman I met her and as a senator she died. “A true liberal is dead.”
Córdoba, who would have turned 69 on January 25, died at the Conquistadores Clinic in Medellín as a result of a heart attack, according to the first information.
“As mayor of Medellín I have been informed of the death of Senator Piedad Córdoba. Apparently He arrived without vital signs at the Conquistadores Clinic in Medellín. Solidarity with his family,” said the city’s mayor, Federico ‘Fico’ Gutiérrez, in X.
Left-wing activist and key mediator
In the first decade of this century, Piedad Córdoba, at that time a senator for the Liberal Party, served as a mediatoralong with the then Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, for the release of several kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla.
Due to his left-wing activism, in 2010 the then attorney general, Alejandro Ordóñez, He dismissed her and disqualified her for 18 years. to hold public office, because he had supposedly “promoted and collaborated with the group outside the FARC Law.”
The investigation began from the documents found in the computers of the former number two of the FARC, Luis Edgar Devia, alias “Raúl Reyes”, who was killed in a bombing of the Colombian Army in Ecuador on March 1, 2008.
He returned to politics after his conviction
The politician, born in Medellín in 1955, was in the shadows for a few years, but After his conviction was annulled he returned to politics years later answering a call from Petro.
“A fascist attorney expelled her from the Senate and mocked her constituents, I wanted compensate for the damage and helped make it part of the list of the Historical Pact“I felt I deserved it,” the president added today.
Their leftist positions He earned many controversies due to his closeness to the FARC. and it was even said that in documents from that guerrilla she was mentioned with the alias “Teodora Bolívar.”
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In January 2023, the Colombian Government extradited Álvaro Córdoba to the United Statesbrother of the senator, who was wanted by a court in that country for crimes related to drug trafficking.
The Colombian Government approved the extradition of Córdoba’s brotherrequired by the Court of the Southern District of New York “on the charge of conspiracy to import narcotics.”
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