Colombias intelligence agency DAS (FUNDED BY US GOV) was officially eliminated Monday after several years of scandals including paramilitary ties, illegal wiretapping, and corruption. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/20089-colombias-intelligence-agency-dissolved-after-58-years-dozens-of-scandals.html President Juan Manuel Santos and DAS Director Felipe Muñoz formally announced the elimination of the intelligence agency at 5PM Monday at the Presidential Palace in Bogota.Replacing the 58-year old DAS will be a new intelligence agency headed by the former Commander of the National Navy, Admiral Alvaro Echandia.The dismantling of DAS became inevitable after revelations that the agency was involved in numerous human rights abuses such as the killing of labor rights workers and the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court judges, human rights workers, journalists and opposition politicians.After the imminent dissolving of the DAS became known, employees massively leaked classified documents that revealed that DAS agents provided training to paramilitary forces, were linked to known drug traffickers such as aliases "Cuchillo" and "El Loco," and participated in the attempted murder of Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras while he was a senator.
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