UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 LOG-00 INR-01 SP-01 INFO BOGOTA AID-01 L-03 VO-06 06129 01 OF 07 ARA-01 ADS-00 FMP-01 242334Z CA-02 NSAE-00 020W CIAE-00 OIG-01 ------------------2B30BE RELEASE IN PART 25X1 63 INA 25X6 136 Declass 12 3112046 DS-00 PM-01 INRE-00 P-01 250127Z 65 R 2423342 APR 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4722 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 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 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAR DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET SECRET 01 OF 07 PAGE 02 BOGOTA 06129 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242334Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED STILL A STRONG FORCE IN COLOMBIAN POLITICS REFS 1 A BOGOTA 2192 B BOGOTA 1116 SECRET NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT REVIEW AUTHORITY Marvin Russell Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF REF B SUMMARY 2 A REVIEW OF DEA STATE AND CONTAINS VARIOUS CORRECTIONS RECORDS INDICATES 20 OF 100 SENATORS DEPARTMENT 8 OF 161 REPRESENTATIVES AND 4 OF 27 DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNORS -- 11 PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS ELECTED IN OCTOBER 1991 -- ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING TIES TO DRUG IN SOME CASES THE EVIDENCE IS WEAK TRAFFICKING INDICATING INVOLVEMENT TO AN UNDETERMINED EXTENT WITH DRUG TRAFFICKERS OR ACCEPTANCE OF SOILED CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS A NEAR UNIVERSAL PRACTICE IN COLOMBIAN POLITICS IN OTHER INSTANCES HOWEVER NARCO TIES INCLUDE TIME SERVED IN U S PRISONS AND OUTSTANDING INDICTMENTS IN ONE SENATOR SAMUEL ESCURCERIA THE U S AND VENEZUELA MANZI IS DESCRIBED AS AN ARMED AND DANGEROUS FUGITIVE END SUMMARY 25X1 25X6 WHILE PRESIDENT GAVIRIA 3 INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL IN EXCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING TIES FROM TOP LEVELS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION COLOMBIAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT CONTINUE SECRET SECRET BOGOTA 06129 01 OF 07 PAGE 03 2423342 TO OPERATE UNDER THE LONG SHADOW OF NARCO INFLUENCE NOWHERE IS THIS INFLUENCE MORE APPARENT THAN IN THE COLOMBIAN CONGRESS AND DEPARTMENTAL GOVERNORSHIPS AN EXTENSIVE C HECK OF DEA STATE DEPARTMENT SHOWS 20 PERCENT OF THE SENATE 5 PERCENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 15 PERCENT OF 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 COLOMBIAN POLITICS MANY OLD-TIME LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE PARTY BARONS THOSE TRADITIONALLY MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO NARCO ENTREATIES SAW THEIR VOTE TOTALS DROP LEAVING SOME WITHOUT LOCAL POWER BASES A CASE IN POINT IS ALBERTO SANTOFIMIO A NOTORIOUS NARCOPOL 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 IN THE UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 DRUG-INFESTED AREAS OF THE NORTH COAST AND ANTIOQUTA IN THE SHORT-TERM HOWEVER THE SUBSTANTIAL DEPARTMENT PRESENCE OF NARCO-INFLUENCED POLITICIANS REPRESENTS A IN FACT IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONTINUING THREAT AMBASSADOR DEFENSE MINISTER RAFAEL PARDO WITHOUT FULLY EXPLAINING CLASSIFIED THE CURRENT CONGRESS AS EVEN MORE RESPONSIVE TO NARCO PRESSURES THAN PREVIOUS ONES THIS SECRET SECRET BOGOTA 06129 01 OF 07 242334Z PAGE 04 VIEW HOWEVER IS NOT UNIVERSALLY SHARED 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 HONEST THIS FORM OF INSIDIOUS CONTROL WHICH WAS MEMBERS 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 MERITS SPECIAL ATTENTION AS THE CONGRESS TAKES UP ISSUES DEALING 25X1 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 BOGOTA 06129 02 OF 07 INFO LOG-00 INR-01 AID-01 L-03 ARA-01 ADS-00 CA-02 NSAE-00 SP-01 VO-06 FMP-01 020W 242335Z CIAE-00 OIG-01 DS-00 PM-01 INRE-00 P-01 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 ------------------2B30D6 R 242334Z APR 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4723 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA 250129Z 65 S E C R E T SECTION 02 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 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 GRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY ICITAP-KRISKOVICH SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET SECRET 06129 PAGE 02 BOGOTA 02 OF 07 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242335Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINK CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED WITH REFORM OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM 6 THE PRIMARY SOURCE- OF INFOR12MMON ON -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 FOUR 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 CATEGORY C APPLIES TO POLITICIANS WHO SHARE COMMON NAMES WITH NARCO SUSPECTS BUT BECAUSE OF LACK OF INFORMATION SUCH AS DATES OF BIRTH MATRONYMIC NAMES AND 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 OCCUPATIONS POST CANNOT CONFIRM WHETHER THESE ELECTED CATEGORY D PERTAINS TO OFFICIALS ARE THE ACTUAL SUSPECTS ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO DO NOT POSSESS DEA STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS THEMSELVES BUT ARE CLOSE RELATIVES OF CATEGORY C AND D ENTRIES NOTE KNOWN NARCO FIGURES WERE NOT CONSIDERED WHEN CALCULATING THE STATISTICS IN EACH NAME IS FOLLOWED BY A PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE POLITICIAN'S ALLEGED ACTIVITIES SOME WITH CLEARLY LABELED POST COMMENTS OR NOTES WHICH ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE CONTEXT OR ADDITIONAL DETAILS JUST AS INCLUSION ON THE LIST DOES NOT SERVE AS IRON-CLAD PROOF OF WRONGDOING FAILURE TO APPEAR IS FAR FROM EVIDENCE OF SECRET 25X1 25X6 SECRET BOGOTA 06129 02 OF 07 242335Z PAGE 03 CLEAN LIVING INDICATIONS RECENTLY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A SCHEME TO PROTECT A PROMINENT NORTH-COAST TRAFFICKER FROM EXTRADITION TO THE THIS INFORMATION WHICH WE ARE STILL DEVELOPING HAS U S YET TO FILTER INTO OUR DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS WE HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO HAVE ALSO ELUDED END INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OUR ATTENTION CATEGORY A 25X6 THE NARCOPOLS SENATORS BASED OUT HE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED SINCE OF ATLANTICO DEPARTMENT 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 MIAMI USING SHIPMENTS OF BABY PRODUCTS A RELIABLE CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION HAS ALLEGEDLY SEEN IMPORT BOXES OF NARCO DOLLARS INTO COLOMBIA VIA PRIVATE AIRCRAFT HE WAS FIRST ENTERED IN THE I FOR HIS ALLEGED NARCO TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES POST IS IN 25X1 25X6 25X6 B3 INA 133 INA B6 AS A TRADITIONAL NORTH COAST POL HIS ACTIVITIES NOTE ACTIVITIES HAVE ALSO EXTENDED TO VOTE BUYING AND OTHER QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES HIS FAMILY OWNS THE ONE OF COLOMBIA'S LARGEST SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 25X6 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423173 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 06129 02 OF 07 242335Z 1 HE -- SANTOFIMIO BOTERO ALBERTO1 ALLEGEDLY MET WITH DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN 1983 TO DISCUSS AS OF 1987 HE HAS HIMSELF CHANGING EXTRADITION LAWS BEEN INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING 25X1 25X1 B3 I NA WELL KNOWN FOR MEDELLIN CARTEL CONNECTIONS AND EXTENSIVE FINANCING BY NARCOTRAFFICKERS OF HIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS 25X1 25X6 -- NAME TERAN JOSE ANTONIO I IHE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED SINCE 1983 WITH A TOP NORTH COAST TRAPPICKER 25X1 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO LOG-00 INR-01 SP-01 BOGOTA 06129 03 OF 07 242336Z CA-02 AID-01 ARA-01 CIAE-00 DS-00 L-03 NSAE-00 ADS-00 OIG-01 PM-01 VO-06 FMP-01 020W ------------------2B30E5 2501302 65 R 2423342 APR 92 FM AMEM3ASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4724 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC INRE-00 P-01 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMEASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA S E C R E T SECTION 03 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 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 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET SECRET 03 OF 07 PAGE 02 BOGOTA 06129 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242336Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED SUBJECT HE HAS ALSO ALLEGEDLY BEEN INVOLVED IN COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIFICALLY HE PROVIDED SECURITY FOR 881 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN SEPTEMBER 1989 THROUGH BRIBES PAID TO LOCAL POLICE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OFFICIALS 1 1 1982 ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING FROM NORTH COAST NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS THROUGH HIS BROTHER BUSINESSMAN DAVID NAME TERAN IN 1986 HAD TIES WITH NARCO MONEY NOTE LAUNDERERS NAME A LIBERAL RIVAL OF FUAD CHAR IS ANOTHER OF THE BARONS WHO LOST VOTES IN THE LAST ELECTION 25X1 25X6 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 DEPARTMENT HE HAS ALSO ALLEGEDLY BEEN THE HEAD OF AN ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN FUNNELING COCAINE INTO VENEZUELA FROM COLOMBIA ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS IN FEBRUARY 1991 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 25X6 B3 I NA UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 B3 INA 1 25X6 AS OF 1983 HE WAS ALLEGEDLY RECEIVING 50-100 KILO LOADS OF COCAINE BASE FROM THE PUTUMAYO AREA ON A REGULAR SECRET SECRET 03 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 2423362 PAGE 03 BASIS AS OF MAY 1991 HE OWNS COCAINE LABS IN THE PASTO NARINO AREA ALLEGEDLY A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE DRUG CARTELS k IN 1990 HE WAS AN ADVISQR TO I 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 AFTER AN INVESTIGATION OF THESE CHARGES PRESUMABLY CONTINUES FUGITIVE WANTED IN NORTH CAROLINA DESCRIBED BY U S ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AS ARMED AND DANGEROUS WITH EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED INVOLVEMENT IN COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING 25X1 25X6 A LAW 25X6 25X6 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 06129 03 OF 07 EXTENSIVELY DOCUMENTED SINCE 1976 242336Z HE HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423173 Date 10 05 2017 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 INVOLVED IN METHAQUALONE COCAINE AND MARIJUANA TRAFFICKING AND IN BRIBING COLOMBIAN ANTI-NARCOTICS AUTHORITIES HE WAS ALSO IMPLICATED WITH SENATOR JOSE NAME TERAN IN 881 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN 1989 IN BARRANQUILLA AS OF JANUARY 1991 HE IS ALSO ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN MONEY LAUNDERING AND IS THE OWNER OF FICTICIOUS CLOTHING COMPANIES UNDER INVESTIGATION BY COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES B3 I NA 26X1 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO BOGOTA 06129 04 OF 07 242337Z ARA-01 CA-02 AID-01 CIAE-00 DS-00 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIG-01 PM-01 FMP-01 020W VO-06 ------------------2B30F7 2501312 65 R 242334Z APR 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4725 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO LOG-00 INR-01 SP-01 INRE-00 P-01 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA S E C R E T SECTION 04 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 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 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET SECRET BOGOTA 06129 04 OF 07 PAGE 02 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242337Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED SUBJECT -- 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 -- DURAN FERNANDEZ ALEX HE WAS ENTERED AS INELIGIBLE FOR A U S VISA UNDER SECTION 212 A 2 C OF THE INA IN BARRANQUILLA IN SEPTEMBER 1989 BECAUSE OF NARCOTRAFFICKING TIES IN JANUARY 1992 DURAN AND IMPLICATED IN THE SHIPMENT OF COCAINE TO SPAIN AND FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES THERE 25X6 25X6 B3 INA ACCORDING TO COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT REPORTS ON CORRUPT OFFICIALS HE IS A MAJOR TRAFFICKER INVOLVED IN THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE IN PUTUMAYO ACCUSED ALSO OF USING HIS BOAT TO TRANSPORT DRUGS CATEGORY B POSSIBLE NARCOPOLS SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET PAGE 03 BOGOTA 06129 04 OF 07 242337Z SENATORS 25X1 25X6 IN 1977 HE WAS BASED IN BARRANQUILLA 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 -- BARCO LOPEZ VICTOR RENANI - ALLEGEDLY SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES OF A DOCUMENTED DRUG TRAFFICKER NOTE BARCO IS A LIBERAL PARTY VETERAN WHO LOST VOTES IN IN THE LAST CONGRESS A POLL OF HIS THE LAST ELECTION PEERS SHOWED HIM TO BE ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEGISLATORS 25X1 BASED IN -- VIVES CAMPO EDGARDO NADDIS 16228884 IN 1984 HE ALLEGEDLY CIENAGA MAGDALENA DEPARTMENT RECEIVED LARGE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NARCO-LINKED SUPPORTERS - COMMENT AS NOTED THE ACCEPTANCE OF HOT MONEY IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN COLOMBIAN POLITICS EVEN AT THE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL 25X1 25X6 IN 1988 HE ALLEGEDLY ACCEPTED A BRIBE FROM A COCAINE TRAFFICKER ON PROVIDENCIA ISLAND AN IMPRESSIVE POLITICIAN WHO ALLEGEDLY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER WE DOUBT HOWEVER THAT HE WOULD SLIGHTLY SHADY DEALINGS SECRET SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 06129 04 OF 07 242337Z BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING -- URIBE VELEZ ALVAROI BASED IN ANTIOQUTA DEPARTMENT IN MAY 1989 URIBE WAS ENTERED IN FOR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG TRAFFICKING ALTHOUGH NO CORROBORATING EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRODUCED RECORDS STATE LESS CONCLUSIVELY THAT URIBE'S FAMILY HAS EXTENSIVE LAND AND BUSINESS HOLDINGS IN ANTIOQUTA AND DOES LEGITIMATE BUSINESS SUCH AS CATTLE RANCHING WITH 25X1 25x6 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 COMMENT URIBE IS A BRIGHT KNOWN ANTIOQUTA TRAFFICKERS YOUNG STAR ON THE COLOMBIAN POLITICAL SCENE HE HAS STRENUOUSLY OPPOSED LEGISLATION THAT BENEFITTED NARCO 25X1 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO BOGOTA 06129 05 OF 07 242337Z LOG-00 INR-01 SP-01 AID-01 ARA-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 DS-00 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIG-01 PM-01 VO-06 FMP-01 020W ------------------2B310C 250132Z 65 R 242334Z APR 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4726 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA INRE-00 P-01 S E C R E T SECTION 05 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 STATE FOR DAS MCLEAN ARA AND L LEI INM INR B CA V0 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 STATE PLEASE PASS TO AID FOR CA LAC IAC DI JUSTICE FOR CRIM-MRICHARD OIA PVAKY IICITAP-KRISKOVICH SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET SECRET BOGOTA 06129 05 OF 07 PAGE 02 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242337Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO SUBJECT NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED INTERESTS AND FOUGHT NARCOPOLS WITHIN THE LIBERAL PARTY EARNING A REPUTATION AS ONE OF COLOMBIA'S CLEANEST POLITICIANS LIKE VICTOR RENAN BAROO HE WAS NAMED BY HIS PEERS AS THE TOP LEGISLATOR IN THE LAST SENATE HE SPENT MOST OF 1991 STUDYING AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT IF AS WE SUSPECT URIBE'S ONLY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY TRANSGRESSION IS TO BELONG TO A FAMILY THAT HAS DONE LEGITIMATE BUSINESS WITH NARCOS HIS INCLUSION ON THIS LIST IS NOT WARRANTED DOCUMENTED SINCE ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING C ACCORDING TO 1986 INFORMATION HE WAS PAID BY TRAFFICKER TO WORK WITHIN THE SENATE TO WEAKEN OR ANNUL THE EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND THE U S 25X1 25X6 AS OF DECEMBER 1989 TRAFFICKERS I ALLEGEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED WITH TOP COLOMBIAN NORTH COAST TRAFFICKER NOTE IS A CONSERVATIVE BARON RETURNED TO CONGRESS WITH A REDUCED VOTE TOTAL SECRET 25X1 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET PAGE 03 BOGOTA 06129 05 OF 07 2423372 IN MARCH 1991 HE WAS SOMEONE SUSPECTED UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 OF NARCO ACTIV TIES 25X6 THAT IN 1991 HE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR MEDELLIN TRAFFICKERS IN CONGRESS I INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVES IN CONGRESS WHOSE MISSION IS TO OVERCOME INTRA-PARTY WARFARE BETWEEN THE GOMEZ AND PASTRANA WINGS 25X1 25X6 25X6 DOCUMENTED IN KILOS OF COCAINE DELIVERED TO 1990 AS HAVING A LOAD OF 42 HIS BOGOTA RESIDENCE 25X1 25X6 REPRESENTATIVES TRAFFICKER BASED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GUAJIRA 25X1 25X6 ALLEGEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH NARCO TRAFFICKERS IN CIENAGA MAGDALENA 25X1 25X6 ALLEGED DRUG 25X6 IN MARCH 1991 HE WAS SECRET SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 05 OF 07 06129 242337Z BECAUSE OF SUSPECTED NARCO 25X1 25X6 ACTIVITIES -- DANIELS GUZMAN MARTHA CATALAN IN SEPTEMBER 1989 SHE WAS ENTERED AS RELAYING THREATS FROM NARCO KINGPIN GONZALO RODRIGUEZ GACHA TO FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER MONICA DE GREIFF 25X1 25X6 25X6 25X1 25X6 IN SEPTEMBER 1989 HE WAS ON THE BASIS OF REPORTS THAT HE WAS IN THE EMPLOY OF NARCO-TAINTED I HE WAS NOT 25X1 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 L6X1 I 25X6 SECRET NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO LOG-00 INR-01 SP-01 BOGOTA AID-01 L-03 VO-06 06129 ARA-01 ADS-00 FMP-01 06 OF 07 2423382 CA-02 NSAB-00 020W ------------------2B311C CIAE-00 OIG-01 DS-00 PM-01 INRE-00 P-01 250133Z 65 R 2423342 APR 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4727 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA S E C R E T SECTION 06 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 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 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 SECRET 06 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 PAGE 02 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS 242338Z E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR CVIS CO NARCOPOLS WHILE IN SOME CASES WEAKENED SUBJECT_ B3 I NA FROM 1984 -- PEREZ MARTINEZ RAFAEL I THIS CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN WAS A CONTACT OF THE LOBO MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION 25X1 25X6 GOVERNORS CONFLICTING INFORMATION SHOWS HIM BOTH AS A KIDNAP VICTIM AND A PROPAGANDIST FOR THE MEDELLIN CARTEL 25X1 25X6 25X6 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423173 Date 10 05 2017 THAN A COINCIDENCE 25X1 25X6 AS OF 1989 HE HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF BEING A DRUG TRAFFICKER IVICTORY BY A SLIM MARGIN HAS I BEEN WIDELY ATTRIBUTED TO FRAUD 25X1 GOVERNOR OF AS OF MARCH 1990 HE HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF BEING A DRUG CARTEL MEMBER 25X6 25X1 25X6 IN 1981 HE WAS THE OWNER OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT WAS ALLEGEDLY USED TO TRANSPORT COCAINE FOR THE CARLOS LEHDER ORGANIZATION CATEGORY C POLITICIANS WITH SIMILAR NAMES AS NARCO SUSPECTS 0 25X1 25X6 SECRET SECRET PAGE 04 BOGOTA 06129 06 OF 07 242338Z REPRESENTATIVES REPORTS THAT INFORMATION FROM COLOMBIA AND MEXICO IMPLICATES HIM IN NARCOTRAFFICKING 25X1 25X6 25X6 PORTS THAT IN THE MID 70 S HE WAS THE MANAGER OF A COMPANY THAT SERVED AS A COVER FOR THE LUIS LARRAURIS MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION THERE 25X1 25X6 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 NNNN SECRET PAGE 01 ACTION INM-01 INFO BOGOTA 06129 07 OF 07 242338Z LOG-00 INR-01 SP-01 AID-01 ARA-01 CA-02 CIAE-00 DS-00 L-03 ADS-00 NSAE-00 OIG-01 PM-01 VO-06 FMP-01 020W ------------------2B3142 250137Z 65 R 242334Z APR 92 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4728 INFO DEPTJUSTICE WASHDC NSC WASHDC DEA WASHDC DIRONDCP WASHDC DIA WASHDC DIRFBI WASHDC AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY LIMA AMEMBASSY QUITO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM USCINCLANT NORFOLK VA INRE-00 P-01 S E C R E T SECTION 07 OF 07 BOGOTA 06129 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 SOUTHCOM AND CINCLANT ALSO FOR POLAD DEA FOR AX AD AO DO OF OC OIOA SECRET SECRET PAGE 02 BOGOTA 06129 07 OF 07 NSC FOR AMBASSADOR MCNAMARA RBEERS E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS SNAR KJUS PGOV PINR 242338Z CVIS CO UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 1 25X6 CATEGORY D POLITICIANS RELATED TO KNOWN NARCO FIGURES REPRESENTATIVES 25X6 25X1 25X6 SECRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No 017423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 Date 10 05 2017 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No M-2013-01203 Doc No C17423173 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