Former DAS director seeks political asylum in Panama

El Espectador reported

Hurtado was barred on October 4 from holding public office for her role in the illegal wiretapping of opposition politicians, judges, journalists and human rights activists.

The former DAS director left Colombia before her scheduled hearing in front of the Superior Court of Bogota on November 21.

This hearing, which includes testimony by former deputy director of counterintelligence Jorge Alberto Lagos, and former intelligence chief Fernando Tabares, would have decided Hurtado’s future.

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