After Lehder was released, former senator Rodrigo Lara, son of Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, former Minister of Justice killed on April 30, 1984, asked for the week that Colombian justice resumes investigations against Lehder, emphasizing that this was part of the criminal organization, designated by his father’s assassination.
“Carlos Lehder was part of the dome, directed the Medellín cartel. There were the Ochoa Vásquez brothers, Pablo Escobar and Lehder was naturally; And as the leader of that criminal organization, they are responsible for the crimes committed by that organization in the 80s in Colombia. They sowed a lot of pain, committed many crimes and hurt Colombia, ”said Lara.
The former senator was also emphatic in saying that it was normal for Lehder to seek exculpant to his father’s crimeand want to show that Pablo Escobar, who is already dead, would be behind the ex -minister’s assassination.
“My father’s crime is against humanity, he was killed by this organization of which he was a member of the dome; that is, he had decision -making power, nomination power and there that decision was made. I believe that it is very clearly and naturally that must be resolved, determined and clarified by a judge of the Republic”He added in, the former senator.
In this regard, Lara said that Lehder should call him to declare justice and formally link it to the investigation by the death of former Minister Lara Bonilla. “It is a challenging message to democracy and the Colombian people, in the sense of ‘Look, I committed the worst And more serious crimes in this country and here I am as if nothing had happened. ”
“My father’s murder continues and remains in impunity. Only material authors of that organization were convicted, when Judge Tulio Manuel Castro Gil formally linked that dome of the Medellín cartel, among which were Carlos Lehder, naturally. As Judge Tulio Manuel was killed in a street in Bogotá (…) Therefore, I believe that this investigation must be resumed from the beginning and I believe that Mr. Ledher must be formally linked to this investigation, ”he insisted.
In this way, Lara was emphatic in saying that there has been inaction by Colombian justice.
“Ask the Attorney General to prioritize that investigation, that obtains results, because the country and naturally the family cry”Lara asked.
