Post by gallito on Dec 15, 2016 15:34:54 GMT -5
The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation announced that the Government of Costa Rica turned over 1428 million pesos (USD $ 480,000) that had been confiscated by the foreign authorities to the FARC
According to the accuser, the money was found in cash in a San José home in Costa Rica, and yesterday (Wednesday) was sent by the Supreme Court of that country to the Colombian Attorney's Office.
This sum of money was one of the findings made by the authorities, after carrying out the 'Operation Fénix', carried out in March 2008, and in which the guerrilla leader alias 'Raul Reyes' died.
Before the confiscation and delivery of the money, Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez sent a letter to his counterpart in Costa Rica, Jorge Echavarría Guzmán,thanking him for the judicial cooperation in this case.
"For the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation this return is the result of the commitment between the two nations to dismantle criminal gangs and to attack the illegal patrimony of criminal organizations and reveals the dimension of our commitment in the fight against various forms of transnational organized crime" , Says the letter sent by Martinez.
As explained by the Attorney General's office, the money will be in the process of extinction, and will later be allocated 50% to the National Government; 25% to the accusing entity; And the other 25% to the Judicial Branch.
"We will continue to pursue the national and international prosecution of the illegal assets of organizations outside the law. There should be no doubt about that, "added the head of the research entity.
The Attorney General also indicated that he requested the cooperation of the judicial authorities of Ecuador, Spain, the United States, Mexico, Panama and Peru, to pursue the assets of the FARC, which would be in the name of third parties in these countries.
Article in spanish
www.vanguardia.com/colombia/383069-incautan-en-costa-rica-cerca-de-1500-millones-de-pesos-de-las-farc
According to the accuser, the money was found in cash in a San José home in Costa Rica, and yesterday (Wednesday) was sent by the Supreme Court of that country to the Colombian Attorney's Office.
This sum of money was one of the findings made by the authorities, after carrying out the 'Operation Fénix', carried out in March 2008, and in which the guerrilla leader alias 'Raul Reyes' died.
Before the confiscation and delivery of the money, Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez sent a letter to his counterpart in Costa Rica, Jorge Echavarría Guzmán,thanking him for the judicial cooperation in this case.
"For the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation this return is the result of the commitment between the two nations to dismantle criminal gangs and to attack the illegal patrimony of criminal organizations and reveals the dimension of our commitment in the fight against various forms of transnational organized crime" , Says the letter sent by Martinez.
As explained by the Attorney General's office, the money will be in the process of extinction, and will later be allocated 50% to the National Government; 25% to the accusing entity; And the other 25% to the Judicial Branch.
"We will continue to pursue the national and international prosecution of the illegal assets of organizations outside the law. There should be no doubt about that, "added the head of the research entity.
The Attorney General also indicated that he requested the cooperation of the judicial authorities of Ecuador, Spain, the United States, Mexico, Panama and Peru, to pursue the assets of the FARC, which would be in the name of third parties in these countries.
Article in spanish
www.vanguardia.com/colombia/383069-incautan-en-costa-rica-cerca-de-1500-millones-de-pesos-de-las-farc