Uribe files complaint against Venezuela’s Chávez before International Criminal Court
by alejandro on 09 Aug 2010 | Comments
Out-going Colombian President Álvaro Uribe filed a complaint before the International Criminal Court against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for crimes against humanity that derive from the alleged harbouring of Colombian guerrilla fighters in Venezuelan soil, Uribe’s lawyer, Jaime Granados, informed.
A local Colombian radio station reported that Granados said he also received instructions from Uribe to file a complaint against the Venezuelan government before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) for allowing the presence of “terrorists.”
The Colombian government showed the Organization of American States (OAS) on July 22 pictures and videos it considers as “evidence” of the presence of at least 1,500 Colombian guerrilla fighters in the neighbouring country. Among them is thought to be “Iván Márquez,” a high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Uribe’s administration requested an international verification committee be created, while Chávez responded on the same day by completely severing bilateral ties, which were already “frozen” since last year.
Granados informed of the complaint just as President-elect Juan Manuel Santos is to take office in a ceremony to be carried out on Saturday in Bogotá.
source: Buenos Aires Herald
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and out-going Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.