Former top Colombian intel official to face murder charges in leftist senator’s killing

Source: Associated Press

Former top Colombian intel official to face murder charges in leftist senator’s killing
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, May 17, 1:47 PM

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian prosecutors say they will seek murder charges against a former deputy director of the country’s domestic intelligence agency in the 1994 assassination of leftist Sen. Manuel Cepeda.

Prosecutors issued a formal accusation on Tuesday against Jose Miguel Narvaez, a former Navy officer and prominent rightist.

He has been jailed for two years awaiting trial on charges of criminal conspiracy and illegal wiretapping in a domestic spying scandal.

The new accusation alleges Narvaez was the mastermind of the Cepeda assassination and cites testimony from jailed far-right warlords.



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Jose Miguel Narvaez, murder suspect

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Senator Manuel Cepeda

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Iván Cepeda of the National Victims' Movement and founder of
the Manuel Cepeda Foundation stands in front of a display on
the assassination of his father, Senator Manuel Cepeda.Senator
Cepeda was one of some 3,000 members of the Patriotic Union
Party in Colombia who were assassinated for their political
affiliations.