UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10105 2017 a 26 SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO BOGOTA 01116 01 OF 06 LOG-00 C-01 ADS-00 PRS-01 USIE-00 AID-01 ARA-01 HA-09 H-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 P-01 SNP-01 VO-06 FMP-01 -------------R 242223Z JAN 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2045 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC OR DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA 242236Z RELEASE IN PART 25X1 63 INA 25X6 Declass 1 2131 2046 CA-02 CG-00 CIAE-0 0 INRE-00 INR-01 I0-19 OIG-01 OMB-01 PA-01 SP-01 SS-01 TRSE-0 0 058W ---074456 242306Z 64 CTME-00 L-03 PM-01 T-01 S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA V0 STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR GRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 01116 01 OF 06 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242236Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINK CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED STILL A STRONG FORCE IN COLOMBIAN POLITICS 1 SECRET NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT REVIEW AUTHORITY Marvin Russell Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10105 2017 SUMMARY A REVIEW OF DEA STATE DEPARTMENT I RECORDS INDICATES THAT 21 OF 100 SENATORS 13 OF 161 REPRESENTATIVES AND FIVE OF 27 DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNORS -- 13 5 OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ELECTED-IN OCTOBER 1991 -- ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING TIES TO DRUG IN SOME CASES THE EVIDENCE IS WEAK TRAFFICKING I E INDICATING INVOLVEMENT TO AN UNDETERMINED EXTENT WITH DRUG TRAFFICKERS OR ACCEPTANCE OF SOILED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS A NEAR UNIVERSAL PRACTICE IN IN OTHER INSTANCES HOWEVER COLOMBIAN POLITICS NARCO TIES INCLUDE TIME SERVED IN U S PRISONS AND OUTSTANDING INDICTMENTS IN THE U S AND VENEZUELA ONE SENATOR SAMUEL ESCURCERIA IS DESCRIBED AS AN END SUMMARY ARMED AND DANGEROUS FUGITIVE 2 25X1 25X6 WHILE PRESIDENT INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS 3 GAVIRIA HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL IN EXCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING TIES FROM TOP LEVELS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION COLOMBIAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE LONG SHADOW OF NARCO SECRET SECRET 01 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 242236Z PAGE 03 NOWHERE IS THIS INFLUENCE MORE APPARENT INFLUENCE THAN IN THE NEWLY ELECTED COLOMBIAN CONGRESS AND AN EXTENSIVE CHECK OF DEA DEPARTMENTAL S DEPARTMENT RECORDS SHOWS THAT 13 OF 7F THE NEW CONGRESS AND 15 OF NEW DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNORS ELECTED IN OCTOBER ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING NARCO TIES 25X1 25X6 DESPITE THESE DISTURBING FIGURES THE OCTOBER 4 ELECTIONS ACTUALLY SAW SOME PROGRESS IN CLEANING UP MANY OLD-TIME LIBERAL AND COLOMBIAN POLITICS CONSERVATIVE PARTY BARONS THOSE TRADITIONALLY MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO NARCO ENTREATIES SAW THEIR VOTE TOTALS A CASE DROP LEAVING SOME WITHOUT LOCAL POWER BASES IN POINT IS ALBERTO SANTOFIMIO A NOTORIOUS NARCOPOL AND MOUTHPIECE FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL WHOSE POOR SHOWING FORCED THE DISBANDMENT OF HIS TWENTY-YEAR-OLD POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN TOLIMA DEPARTMENT WHILE STILL A POWER SANTOFIMIO FAILED TO CARRY OTHER MEMBERS TO THE SENATE OR TOLIMA'S DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNORSHIP AND NOW ADMITS TO REPRESENTING ONLY HIMSELF IN CONGRESS THE CURRENT ELECTORAL TREND AGAINST THE BARONS IF SUSTAINED OVER THE LONG-TERM COULD LESSEN NARCO INFLUENCE IN CONGRESS AND THE DEPARTMENTS ESPECIALLY UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 IN THE DRUG-INFESTED AREAS OF THE NORTH COAST AND IN THE SHORT-TERM HOWEVER THE ANTIOQUTA DEPARTMENT SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE OF NARCO-INFLUENCED AND -CONTROLLED POLITICIANS REPRESENTS A CONTINUING IN FACT IN A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH THE THREAT AMBASSADOR DEFENSE MINISTER RAFAEL PARDO WITHOUT FULLY EXPLAINING CLASSIFIED THE CURRENT CONGRESS AS SECRET SECRET 01 OF 06 242236Z BOGOTA 01116 PAGE 04 EVEN MORE RESPONSIVE TO NARCO PRESSURES THAN PREVIOUS THIS VIEW HOWEVER IS NOT UNIVERSALLY SHARED ONES PERHAPS AS DANGEROUS AS THE PRESENCE OF THE 5 OUT-AND-OUT CORRUPT IN CONGRESS IS THE FEAR AND INTIMIDATION THE DRUG MAFIA CAN SOW AMONG OTHERWISE THIS FORM OF INSIDIOUS CONTROL WHICH HONEST MEMBERS WAS NOTABLY ON DISPLAY IN LAST YEAR'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON BANNING EXTRADITION CALLS'INTO QUESTION THE ABILITY OF CONGRESS TO ENGAGE IN THE FREE AND OPEN DEBATE NEEDED TO REACH DEMOCRATIC DECISIONS THIS PROBLEM BEARS SPECIAL WATCHING AS THE CONGRESS TAKES UP ISSUES DEALING WITH REFORM OF THE JUDICIAL SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO LOG-00 C-01 ADS-00 PRS-01 BOGOTA AID-01 HA-09 NSAE-00 P-01 01116 ARA-01 H-01 OIC-02 SNP-01 02 OF 06 CA-02 INRE-00 OIG-01 SP-01 242238Z CG-00 INR-01 OMB-01 SS-01 CIAE-00 IO-19 PA-01 TRSE-00 CTME-00 L-03 PM-01 T-01 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10105 2017 USIE-00 VO-06 FMP-01 058W ------------------074458 R 2422232 JAN 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2046 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC OR DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA 242306Z 64 S E C R E T SECTION 02 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA V0 STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR CRIM-MR ICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 01116 02 OF 06 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242238Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED SYSTEM 6 THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON NARCO-CONNECTED POLITICIANS IS THE HOWEVER IS A DATA BANK NOT A JUDGE OR JURY WE HAVE THEREFORE BROKEN THE POLITICIANS CONTAINED IN EMBASSY RECORDS INTO TWO CATEGORIES CATEGORY A CONTAINS POLITICIANS WITH SOLID HISTORIES OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE DRUG TRADE OR IN SUPPORT OF IT CATEGORY B LISTS THOSE WHOSE ENTRIES CONTAIN CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS A BROAD INDICTMENT WITH NO SPECIFIC FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION OR NO PATTERN OF ACTIVITY EACH NAME IS FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION OF 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 0512017 THE POLITICIAN'S ALLEGED ACTIVITIES SOME WITH CLEARLY LABELED POST COMMENTS OR NOTES WHICH ARE INTENDED TO JUST AS PROVIDE CONTEXT OR ADDITIONAL DETAILS AS IRON-CLAD INCLUSION ON THE LIST DOES NOT SERVE PROOF OF WRONGDOING FAILURE TO APPEAR IS FAR FROM EVIDENCE OF CLEAN LIVING INDICATIONS IN RECENT WEEKS THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A SCHEME TO PROTECT A PROMINENT NORTH-COAST TRAFFICKER FROM EXTRADITION TO THE U S THIS INFORMATION WHICH WE ARE STILL DEVELOPING HAS SECRET 25X6 SECRET BOGOTA PAGE 03 YET TO FILTER INTO OUR HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT ELUDED OUR ATTENTION CATEGORY A 02 OF 06 242238Z 01116 WE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE ALSO END INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS THE NARCOPOLS SENATORS BASED DEPARTMENT HE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED OUT OF ATLANTICO SINCE APRIL 1990 AS INVOLVED IN MONEY LAUNDERING INCLUDING A SEIZURE OF USDOLS 1 351 328 IN MIAMI AS OF DECEMBER 1990 HE ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLES COCAINE TO A RELIABLE MIAMI USING SHIPMENTS OF BABY PRODUCTS CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION HAS ALLEGEDLY SEEN IMPORT BOXES OF NARCO DOLLARS INTO COLOMBIA VIA PRIVATE AIRCRAFT OR HIS ALLEGED NARCTRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES NOTE AS A TRADITIONAL NORTH COAST POL ACTIVITIES HAVE ALSO EXTENDED TO VOTE BUYING AND OTHER QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES HIS ONE OF FAMILY OWNS THE COLOMBIA'S LARGEST 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 B3 INA SHE -- SANTOFIMIO BOTERO ALBERTO ALLEGEDLY MET WITH DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN 1983 TO DISCUSS CHANGING EXTRADITION LAWS AND AS OF 1987 HE HAS HIMSELF BEEN INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING HIS 25X6 25X1 25X6 B3 INA SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET BOGOTA 01116 02 OF 06 242238Z PAGE 04 WELL KNOWN FOR BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIVITIES MEDELLIN CARTEL CONNECTIONS AND EXTENSIVE FINANCING BY NARCOTRAFFICKERS OF HIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS 25X1 25X1 25X6 IHE HAS -- NAME TERAN JOSE ANTONIOI BEEN ASSOCIATED SINCE 1983 WITH A TOP NORTH COAST HE HAS ALSO ALLEGEDLY BEEN INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKER COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIFICALLY HE PROVIDED SECURITY FOR KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN SEPTEMBER 1989 THROUGH 881 BRIBES PAID TO LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF 1982 ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING FROM NORTH COAST NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS THROUGH HIS BROTHER BUSINESSMAN DAVID NAME TERAN AND IN 1986 HAD TIES WITH NARCO MONEY LAUNDERERS NOTE NAME A LIBERAL RIVAL OF FUAD CHAR IS ANOTHER OF THE BARONS WHO LOST VOTES IN THE LAST ELECTION 25X1 25X1 25X6 VENEZUELAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT AND ARE SEEKING THE EXTRADITION OF IN CONNECTION WITH TWO KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN DECEMBER 1983 BASED IN CUCUTA NORTH SANTANDER SECRET NNNN SE CRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 BOGOTA INFO AID-01 HA-09 NSAE-00 LOG-00 C-01 ADS-00 0111 6 ARA- 01 H-01 OIC- 02 03 OF 06 CA-02 INRE-00 OIG-01 24223 9Z CG- 00 INR-0 1 OMB -0 1 C IAE-00 I 0-19 PA-01 CTNE-00 L-03 PM-01 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10105 2017 PRS-01 USIE-00 P-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SS-01 TRSE-00 VO-06 FMP-01 058W ------------------07445E 242307Z 64 R 2422232 JAN 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2047 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC OR DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA T-01 S E C R E T SECTION 03 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA VO STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR CRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 01116 03 OF 06 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 2422392 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED DEPARTMENT HE HAS ALSO ALLEGEDLY BEEN THE HEAD OF AN ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN FUNNELING COCAINE INTO VENEZUELA FROM COLOMBIA ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS B3 I NA AS OF 1983 HE WAS ALLEGEDLY RECEIVIN G 50-100 KILO LOADS OF COCAINE BASE FROM THE PUTUMAYO AREA ON A REGULAR BASIS AS OF MAY 1991 HE OWNS COCAINE LABS IN THE PASTO NARINO AREA 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10 05 2017 ALLEGEDLY A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE DRUG CARTELS ADDS IN 1990 HE WAS AN ADVISOR TO ALBERTO SANTOFIMIO BELIEVED TO HAVE LAUNDERED MONEY FOR GILBERTO RODRIGUEZ OREJUELA HEAD OF THE FORERO GROUP THAT PURCHASED BANCO DE LOS TRABAJADORES FROM RODRIGUEZ ORJUELA IN 1984 NOTE 25X1 25X6 25X6 AN INVESTIGATION OF THESE CHARGES PRESUMABLY CONTINUES SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 BOGOTA 01116 03 OF 06 242239Z JA FUGITIVE WANTED IN NORTH CAROLINA DESCRIBED BY U S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AS ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED INVOLVEMENT IN COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING 25X1 25X6 25X6 B3 I NA ESCRUCERIA'S WIFE ALSO FACES LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE U S EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED SINCE 1976 HE HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN INVOLVED IN METHAQUALONE COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING AND IN BRIBING COLOMBIAN ANT I- NARCOTIC S AUTHORITIES HE WAS ALSO IMPLICATED W IT H SENATOR JOSE NAME TERAN IN 881 KILOS OF COCAINE SEI ZED IN 1989 IN BARRANQUILLA AS OF JANUARY 1991 HE IS ALSO ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN MONE Y LAUNDERING AND IS THE OWNER OF FICTICIOUS CLOTHI NG COMPANIES UND ER INVESTIGATION BY COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES 25X1 25X6 B3 I NA SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10 0512017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 0512017 SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 01116 03 OF 06 242239Z -NADER SIMMOND CARLOS SALOMON DOCUMENTED SINCE 1975 HE WAS ARRESTED IN 1983 IN NEW YORK IN POSSESSION OF 25 GRAMS OF COCAINE WHILE NEGOTIATING WITH AN UNDERCOVER DEA AGENT FOR THE SALE OF 10 KILOS OF COCAINE HE PLEADED GUILTY ON SEPTEMBER 22 1983 TO CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND WAS SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON HE SERVED THREE YEARS AND SIX MONTHS AT THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE IN RAY BROOK N Y 25X1 25X6 -- JARAMILLO MARTINEZ GUILLERMO IN 1979 WAS ARRESTED AND CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE MARIJUANA SERVED SIX MONTHS IN THE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN TALAHASSEE FL TWO YEARS OF HIS SENTENCE WERE SUSPENDED REPRESENTATIVES DOCUMENTED SINCE 1980 HE ALLEGEDLY WAS INVOLVED IN EXPORTING 100 KILO QUANTITIES OF COCAINE TO THE U S AS OF 1990 HE HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN LAUNDERING DRUG MONEY IN PANAMA FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 BOGOTA INFO AID-01 HA-09 LOG-00 C-01 01116 ARA-01 H-01 04 OF 06 CA-02 INRE-00 242239Z CG-00 INR-01 CIAE-00 I0-19 CTME-00 L-03 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 OIC-02 OIG-01 OMB-01 NSAE-00 PA-01 SP-01 P-01 SNP-01 SS-01 TRSE-00 058W VO-06 FMP-01 ------------------074468 2423072 64 JAN 92 2422232 R FM AMEM3ASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2048 INFO DEPT-JUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC OR DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA ADS-00 PRS-01 USIE-00 PM-01 T-01 S E C R E T SECTION 04 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA VO STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR CRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 01116 04 OF 06 242239Z SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAR DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINK CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED HE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED SINCE 1979 HE ALLEGEDLY HEADED AN ORGANIZATION THAT IMPORTED 1 000 KILO QUANTITIES OF COCAINE FROM BOLIVIA TO COLOMBIA AND EXPORTED MULTI-100-KILO QUANTITIES OF COCAINE HCL TO AS OF 1986 HE WAS ALLEGEDLY A MEMBER OF A THE U S LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION MONEY 25X6 25X6 -- DURAN FERNANDEZ ALEX UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 133 I NA UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10 05 2017 IN JANUARY 1992 DURAN AND IMPLICATED IN THE SHIPMENT OF COCAINE TO SPAIN AND FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES THERE 63 I NA 25X6 25X6 B3 I NA ACCORDING TO COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT REPORTS ON CORRUPT SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 BOGOTA 01116 04 OF OFFICIALS HE IS A MAJOR TRAFFICKER SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE IN ALSO OF USING HIS CIGARETTE BOAT TO CATEGORY B 06 242239Z INVOLVED IN THE PUTUMAYO ACCUSED TRANSPORT DRUGS POSSIBLE NARCOPOLS SENATORS AS OF 1977 HE WAS BASED IN BARR ANQUILLA AND WAS ALLEGEDLY A PART-OWNER OF AN AIRCRAFT USED TO SMUGGLE MARIJUANA FROM COLOMBIA TO THE BAHAMAS LIBERAL PARTY VOTE GETTER IN THE SENATE ELECTION ALLEGEDLY SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES OF A DOCUMENTED DRUG TRAFFICKER NOTE BARCO IS A LIBERAL PARTY VETERAN WHO LOST VOTES IN THE LAST ELECTION IN THE LAST CONGRESS A POLL OF HIS PEERS SHOWED HIM TO BE ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEGISLATORS BASED IN CIENAGANAGDALENA DEPARTMEN T HE ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED LARGE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM DRUG PROCEEDS COMMENT AS NOTED THE ACCEPTANCE OF HOT MONEY IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN COLOMBIAN POLITICS -- EVEN AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL IN 1988 HE 25X1 25X6 25X6 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 0512017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET SECRET 04 OF 06 242239Z BOGOTA 01116 PAGE 04 ALLEGEDLY ACCEPTED A BRIBE FROM A COCAINE TRAFFICKER I ON PROVTnENCIA ISLAND 25X6 S AN IMPRESSIVE POLITICIAN WHO ALLEGEDLY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER SLIGHTLY SHADY DEALINGS WE DOUBT HOWEVER THAT HE WOULD BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING -- URIBE VELEZ ALVAROJ BASED IN AS OF MAY 1989 HE HAS ANTIOQUTA DEPARTMENT ALLEGEDLY BEEN-INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING RECORDS STATE LESS CONCLUSIVELY THAT URIBE'S FAMILY HAS EXTENSIVE LAND AND BUSINESS HOLDINGS IN ANTIOQUTA AND DOES LEGITIMATE BUSINESS SUCH AS CATTLE RANCHING COMMENT URIBE IS A BRIGHT YOUNG STAR ON THE COLOMBIAN POLITICAL SCENE IN THE PAST HE HAS STRENUOUSLY OPPOSED LEGISLATION THAT BENEFITTED NARCO INTERESTS AND FOUGHT NARCOPOLS LIKE VICTOR RENAN BARCO HE WITHIN THE LIBERAL PARTY WAS NAMED BY HIS PEERS AS ONE OF THE TOP LEGISLATORS HE SPENT MOST OF 1991 STUDYING IN THE LAST CONGRESS AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AT HARVARD 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 BOGOTA INFO AID-01 LOG-00 01116 ARA-01 05 OF 06 242242Z CA-02 CG-00 CIAE-00 CTME-00 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 C-01 ADS-00 PRS-01 USIE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 I0-19 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OIG-01 OMB-01 PA-01 P-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SS-01 TRSE-00 VO-06 FMP-01 058W ------------------07446F 242307Z 64 R 2422232 JAN 92 FM AMEM3ASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2049 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC OR DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA L-03 PM-01 T-01 S E C R E T SECTION 05 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA VO STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR CRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 01116 05 OF 06 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 2422422 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED UNIVERSITY IF AS WE SUSPECT URIBE'S ONLY TRANSGRESSION IS TO BELONG TO A FAMILY THAT HAS DONE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS WITH NARCOS HIS INCLUSION ON THIS LIST IS NOT WARRANTED DOCUMENTED SINCE 1978 AS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING CCORDING TO 1986 INFORMATION AS A SENATOR HE WAS PAID BY TRAFFICKER FELIPE ELJACH TO WORK WITHIN THE SENATE TO WEAKEN OR ANNUL THE EXTRADITION TREATY UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 25X1 25x6 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10 05 2017 BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND THE U S AS OF DECEMBER 1989 ALLEGEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKERS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED WITH TOP COLOMBIAN NORTH COAST TRAFFICKER NOTE 0 IS A CONSERVATIVE BARON RETURNED TO CONGRESS WITH A REDUCED VOTE TOTAL IN MARCH 1991 HE I SOMEONE WAS ENTERED SECRET 25X1 25X6 25X6 25X1 25X6 25X6 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET 05 OF 06 PAGE 03 BOGOTA 01116 SUSPECTED OF NARCO ACTIVITIES 242242Z 25X6 REPORTS THAT IN 1991 HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MEDELLIN TRAFFICKERS IN CONGRESS OF INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVES IN CONGRESS WHOSE MISSION IS TO OVERCOMNE INTRA-PARTY WARFARE BETWEEN THE GOMEZ AND PASTRANA WINGS 25X1 25X6 25X6 DOCUMENTED IN 1990 AS HAVING A LOAD OF 42 KILOS OF COCAINE DELIVERED TO HIS BOGOTA RESIDENCE 25X1 25X6 REPRESENTATIVES ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKER BASED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GUAJIRA ALLEGEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH NARCO TRAFFICKERS IN CIENAGA MAGDALENA WAS ENTERED AS L_ NARCO ACTIVITIES IN MARCH 1991 HE BECAUSE OF SUSPECTED UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10105 2017 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 01116 05 OF 06 242242Z -- DANIELS GUZMAN MARTHA CATALAN IN SEPTEMBER 1989 SHE WAS ENTERED AS AN FOR RELAYING THREATS FROM NARCO KINGPIN GONZALO RODRIGUEZ GATCHA TO FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER MONICA DE GREIFF IN SEPTEMBER 1989 HE WAS ENTERED AS ANI _j ON THE BASIS OF REPORTS THAT HE WAS IN THE EMPLOY OF NARCO-TAINTED F I 25X6 25X6 25X6 B3 INA NOTE AT THE TIME HIS VISA CASE WAS UNDER REVIEW 25X6 PORTS THAT INFORMATION FROM COLOMBIA AND MEXICO IMPLICATES HIM IN NARCOTRAFFICKING PORTS THAT IN THE MID-701S HE WAS THE MANAGER OF A COMPANY THAT SERVED AS A COVER SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 25X6 BOGOTA 01116-06 OF 06 242241Z UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 INFO LOG-00 C-01 ADS-00 PRS-01 USIE-00 AID-01 ARA-01 CA-02 CG-00 CIAE-00 HA-09 H-01 INRE-00 INR-01 I0 -19 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OIG-01 OMB-01 PA-01 P-01 SNP-01 SP-01 SS-01 TRSE-00 VO-06 FMP-01 058W ------------------074471 242307Z 64 R 242223Z JAN 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2050 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC OR DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA CTME-00 L-03 PM-01 T-01 S E C R E T SECTION 06 OF 06 BOGOTA 01116 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA VO STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR CRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 01116 06 OF 06 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242241Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINK CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED 25X6 REPORTS THAT FROM 1984 THIS CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN WAS A CONTACT OF THE LOBO MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION REPORTS THAT IN 1988 HE I WAS A LAWYER FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423185 Date 10 05 2017 GOVERNORS GOVERNOR OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION SHOWS HIM BOTH AS A KIDNAP VICTIM AND A PROPAGANDIST FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL 255X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET SECRET PAGE 03 BOGOTA 01116 06 OF 06 242241Z 25X6 AS OF 1989 HE HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF BEING A DRUG TRAFFICKER 25X1 25X6 25X1 AS OF MARCH 1990 BEING A DRUG CARTEL MEMBER HE HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF 25X6 25X6 IIN 1981 HE WAS THE OWNER OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY USED TO TRANSPORT COCAINE UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 25X1 25X6 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET 25X1 25X6 SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 01116 06 OF 06 242241Z 25X6 HOBBS SECRET NNNN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423185 Date 10 05 2017 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu