A phone-tapping scandal has turned Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s last months in office into a nightmare. His government is being accused of spying on journalists, political opponents and the supreme court.
Members of the secret police, commonly known as the Department of Administrative Security (DAS), appeared in Contravia, a local TV show that revealed that Juan Manuel Santos, a former minister of defence and presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections, knew what was going on and was shown a “mega project” to infiltrate and investigate South America’s “left”.
One of the agents that appeared in the show had his face covered and says he feared for his life. Shortly after the director of the DAS denied the claims made by the agent.
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