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The complaint was lodged by the former rapporteur for freedom of expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Ignacio J. Álvarez, who represented lawyer Alex Vernot . According to the arguments presented, this arrest was the result of retaliation by Néstor Humberto Martínez for two actions of Vernot that could have touched the prosecutor. Vernot remained in the maximum security ward of La Picota Prison in Bogotá since 28 September.
"The complaint states that the real motive of the detention is constituted by the reprisals of the Attorney General of Colombia, Néstor Humberto Martínez, because of: 1) the publication and wide dissemination of an article in which a journalist, Mr. Vernot's friend, has denounced that the Attorney General would be the true owner, through the intermediary of a Panamanian company, created with bearer shares and managed by nominal or "front-end" directors, d & # 39; 39; a luxury apartment in Madrid, which could have been purchased with funds not declared to the Colombian tax authorities; and 2) the defense, by Mr. Vernot, of a businessman, former client Attorney General Martinez, to whom he should have owed a large sum of money for professional fees for the performance of his duties as a lawyer, prior to his appointment as Attorney General. 39, business is also current prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office and requested the protection of the IACHR. "
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