Former Colombian army commander General Mario Montoya on Tuesday denied claims that he received $250,000 from former paramilitary leader and drug trafficker “Don Mario.”
Don Mario alleges that the money was intended to be used to combat a different bloc of the paramilitary, which was based in Casanare and lead by Martin Llanos.
Montoya states in a press release that he worked in Antioquia and the Caribbean, “which are two jurisdictions very different to the departments of Casanare and Meta, to which they are trying to link me”.
The former general thereby denies that he could have received the money because the zones in question were outside of his control.