Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that if a government is responsible for ordering illegal wiretaps, then those involved would be jailed, including the president, reported Caracol Radio. Speaking…
Bogota’s mayor Samuel Moreno Rojas called for the International Criminal Court to investigate the illegal wiretapping activities of Colombian security agency DAS, CM& reported Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting with…
An investigation into the surveillance activities of Colombian security agency DAS has revealed that Ecuador’s former army commander and ambassador to Venezuela, Rene Vargas Pazzos, was listed as a “political…
A former DAS official, implicated in the security agency’s illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court judges, turned himself in to authorities in Bogota on Monday, reports El Espectador. Gustavo Sierra, the…
One hundred and twenty DAS employees so far have lost their jobs due to the restructuring of the scandal-hit Colombian security agency, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. DAS director Felipe Muñoz…
Felipe Muñoz, director of Colombia’s scandal-ridden security agency DAS, suggested Wednesday that the U.S. will fund a new Colombian civilian intelligence agency, after Washington cut off financing for DAS. The U.S.…
The U.S. government announced Tuesday that it willl suspend funding to scandal-ridden Colombian intelligence agency DAS, because of the organization’s illegal wiretapping of journalists, politicians, magistrates, human rights defenders and trade…
No one at the Colombian Presidential Palace ordered the illegal wiretapping of judges, journalists, human rights workers and politicians, as performed by the country’s intelligence service DAS, a press release…
Colombian Prosecutor General Guillermo Medoza Diago asked the FBI for assistance with investigations into the alleged threats against and illegal DAS wiretapping of Supreme Court judges, reported El Tiempo Friday.…