Attorney General reports that Jesús Santrich is out of danger

While supporters of former FARC commander Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte, aka Jesús Santrich, are awaiting his release in front of the Bogotá High Security Prison, La Picota, the Attorney General's office announced that the police have been detained. ex-guerrilla had been injured, allegedly to be self-inflicted. but it's out of danger.

A crowd of people arrived last night at the prison to demand the release of Santrich, after it was ordered by the Special Court for Peace (JEP) on Wednesday, May 15, which also ended his extradition to the United States, considering that there is also no evidence to determine the date on which the alleged act of drug trafficking took place.

The DEA accuses Santrich of conspiring to send 10 tons of cocaine to the United States with the Mexican cartel Sinaloa. But it was not possible to determine when the event would have occurred. If it had been after the signing of the peace in December 2016, his case would be left to the ordinary courts and he would lose the benefits of the CEP in order to be extradited.

With respect to the CEP, as no evidence could establish that this was the case, he ordered his immediate release, which was signed by the Attorney General after the resignation of Attorney General Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, who opposed to that decision. And while the process was underway to make the order effective, Inpec announced that the former guerrilla had been wounded.

"Inpec informs that Mr. Seuxis Paucias Hernández Solarte was self-injured slightly in arms this morning. (…) This man was already treated by the health staff and he is in good health. , stable, "said General William Ruiz, Director of Inpec, according to the newspaper The weather.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the prison, members of Esmad Prison maintain security. Comrades from Santrich, FARC party, said they were bleeding and "threatening to die" in the isolated cell. In the evening, people burned a bus in front of the prison.

For its part, after the resignation of the prosecutor and the Minister of Justice, Gloria María Borrero, the government is preparing a reform of the justice system to deal with the institutional crisis. For this, President Iván Duque has already made contacts with political parties to reach an agreement, according to the national newspaper The weather.

In fact, he commissioned the new Minister of Justice, Margarita Cabello, to lead the "global reform ranging from procedural and technological issues to normative issues related to justice, which lead to and generate broad consensus." the country, "said the national media.

In this way, the President wants to deal with the tension of justice in which the country currently stands in the Santrich case. After last week, the intentions of "chuzadas" (illegal telephone interceptions) against the Constitutional Court were known. United will withdraw the three-judge visa from the Supreme Court of Justice (two have succeeded in renewing it).

In addition, the government and the country are awaiting the decision of the Constitutional Court on objections to the EHD filed by President Duque, who must reject them or accept them in the coming days.