Panamanian lawyers demand rejection of ex-DAS director's asylum http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/16422-panamanian-lawyers-demand-rejection-of-ex-das-directors-asylum.html

Two Panamanian lawyers demand that their country's Supreme Court renounce the political asylum afforded to the ex-director of Colombia's intelligence agency.Lawyers Paulo Vega and Angel Alvarez submitted a request to the court that the asylum be declared unconstitutional, after the Panamanian government said yesterday that it would not turn Maria del Pilar Hurtado over to the Colombian government, despite the request made for the her extradition.

The lawyers have alleged that the measures adopted by the Panamanian government in favor of the ex-director run contrary to laws regarding political asylum and violate international accords, based on the fact that Hurtado is being pursued for common, rather than political, crimes."We are presenting a demand of inconstitutionality against Executive Decree 301 of November 2010 in virtue of the [fact] that Hurtado is not being pursued politically, but, rather, for common crimes," said the lawyers.

On Thursday evening, the Colombian government issued a statement that it would seek Hurtado's extradition from Panama, where she has been sheltered since fall 2010, following official charges placed against the ex-official by Prosecutor General Viviane Morales on Wednesday.Hurtado is charged with ordering the illegal wiretapping of political opponents, supreme court judges, journalists and human rights workers, as well as conspiracy, the illegal interception of communication, abuse of public power and fraud.

[FOR NEWBIES ON SUBJECT,THE DAS WAS ALSO FUNDED BY THE US GOVERNMENT,WITH OF COURSE THE INTENT TO GO AFTER POLITICAL DISSIDENTS,OPPOSITION PARTIES,HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS,UNION LEADERS,AND LEFTIST ALBA NATION EMBASSIES IN COLOMBIA...THE DAS WAS NOTORIOUSLY ENGAGED IN FASCIST POLICE STATE ACTIVITIES,UNDER COMMAND OF ALVARO URIBE..A WAR CRIMINAL AND US PUPPET...SEE..

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Documents allegedly describe joint US-Colombian spy operations http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/01-291/ The DAS' 'Political War' http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7338-the-das-political-war.html  URIBE WAR CRIMES LIST http://uribeswarcrimes.blogspot.com/2010/04/u.html  Colombiaʼs Domestic Spying Scandal http://www.cipcol.org/files/factsheets/das_scandal.pdf  Plan Colombia and Beyond » DAS Scandal http://www.cipcol.org/?cat=57