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Colombia: Report a Massive Leak of Secret Documents

According to the weekly week, data from the intelligence department (DAS) are in the hands of drug gangs and foreign governments. are names of detectives and the missions were in charge.

“In the database obtained by week include, among others, 852 professional detectives, who are those that meet operational tasks, and 68 specialized detectives that meet operational missions with other detectives distributed in 2369 different places , “the magazine wrote. “In the database you get in the streets are also full reports of the mission that each detective had,” he added.

As reported by the publication, which equated to the unveiling by WikiLeaks worldwide, filtration of secret documents had occurred in the past , but has increased in recent months following the announcement of the elimination of DAS (Administrative Department of Security), an organization involved in other scandals followed and illegal wiretapping.

The documents would be in power, at least, the drug trafficking organization Daniel “El Loco” Barrera and a foreign government “in recent years has remained tense relations with Colombia.” In those papers were exposed persons from outside sources of information served as the DAS and several of his informants within the country, even those who infiltrated leftist guerrillas.

“Since it was said that the DAS had, many people began to do business and find a way to ensure some money . Others began to take the information as a kind of insurance against tomorrow have some kind of criminal investigation or discipline. has never been clear what will happen to us, “said a detective contacted by the magazine, explaining the leak of documents.

According week , which divides the story into three chapters, one consisting of “several gigs with videos, audios and emails from various intelligence operations diplomats suspected foreign spies and citizens of other nationalities in Colombian territory.”

Speaking to the magazine, the current director of DAS, Felipe Muñoz, warned that “those who leak information that have been put lives at risk and national security ”and said about” the persecuted and the judicialize “. 

The settlement of the DAS and the creation of a new intelligence center were announced in 2009 but have not yet been finalized. Several former officials of that agency in detention, accused in several court cases. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Justice sentenced to 25 years in prison for Jorge Noguera , director of DAS from 2002 to 2005, homicide and complicity with paramilitary militias. 

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