Colombia court to investigate ex-President Uribe's alleged ties to hacking

JUNE 2, 2020 / 7:36 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

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BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would investigate former President Alvaro Uribe’s possible connections to a scandal involving alleged military spying on journalists, politicians and judges.

The hacking, which came to light in January, has led to the ouster of 11 unnamed military officials and the resignation of a general. The chief of the armed forces has vowed to hold those involved responsible.

There have been repeated hacking scandals involving the Colombian military in recent years, including accusations that negotiators at peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels were spied on.

Previous investigations have not yet led to convictions.

Uribe, a polarizing figure who is now a senator, has been repeatedly investigated for a variety of crimes, including alleged witness tampering.

“Based on an accusation, the Supreme Court has opened a preliminary investigation against Senator Alvaro Uribe, as a possible recipient of information from illegal spying by military intelligence in 2019,” the court said on Twitter.

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If Colombia's progressives don't give up, don't get assassinated, sooner or later they are going to wear some of the Teflon off this bloody little monster, who leaped from the Presidency into the Senate where he imagines they can't touch him, legally.