The Diplomat
On Friday, October 17, at 5.45 p.m., in the Congress of Deputies of Spain, Sala Clara Campoamor, will be held a Public Act of Extrajudicial Recognition for the Acts of Illegal Monitoring Against Human Rights Defenders and Colombian Victims in Exile, that were documented by the Truth Commission in the case called Espionage and illegal operations of the DAS in Europe.
According to the report of the Truth Commission, “the operations of the DAS (Administrative Department of Security) were developed over two periods, the first in 2004 to 2006, where actions were directed, specifically by the group called G3 -Special Intelligence Group 3, dissolved in 2005-, but in which the DAS was an institution at the service of this whole plan of persecution, and about which there is procedural evidence. The second moment occurred between 2009 and 2010, when the investigation by the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation into these practices came to light, both in Colombia and on the international stage”.
This event, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia and the Follow-up and Monitoring Committee to the Recommendations of the Truth Commission, is part of a series of recognitions to victims of the Colombian armed conflict in exile, and will be attended by the Director of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Nelson Restrepo, and the Ambassador of Colombia to Spain, Eduardo Ávila.