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Arrest warrant issued against former intelligence agency Director

7 de enero de 2011

Attorney General in charge Guillermo Mendoza Diago issued an arrest warrant against Jorge Noguera, the former director of the Security Administrative Department (DAS), the Colombian intelligence agency. This decision is part of the investigation that the Attorney’s office is doing on the illegal wiretappings that the DAS made against Colombia’s Supreme Court members, journalists and opposition politicians during president Uribe’s administration . Attorney General informed that Noguera will have to respond on the charges of murder, conspiracy to commit aggravated crime, use of matter under secrecy or confidentiality, and abuse of authority, among others.