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President of Colombia, Gustavo Petroannounced on Monday the departure of his Justice Minister Nestor Osuna, who will be replaced by criminal defense lawyer Angela Maria Buitrago as part
President of Colombia, Gustavo Petroannounced on Monday the departure of his Justice Minister Nestor Osuna, who will be replaced by criminal defense lawyer Angela Maria Buitrago as part of a cabinet reshuffle as he approaches the halfway point of his four-year term.
“I thank Minister Osuna for his great cooperation with our government. A true progressive lawyer. We will now be accompanied by Dr. Angela Maria Buitrago.” – the president wrote on his X account.
Buitrago was one of candidates that Petro presented to the shortlist for the election of the new prosecutor general from Colombia, along with Amelia Perez Parra and Luz Adriana Camargo; the latter was eventually chosen for the position.
He participated in Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE), created by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to investigate the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos de Ayotzinapa Normal School in September 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero state.
Angela Buitrago and Carlos Beristain as members of GIEI. Photo: Cuartoscuro Archives
The GIEI reports showed that the so-called “historical truth” of the Enrique Peña Nieto government was not true, so they had to leave Mexico and They returned in 2020 at the invitation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. as research aids.
In July 2023, they submitted their sixth and final report, finding it impossible to move forward due to the government’s lack of transparency; They mainly accused the Armed Forces of covering up “obvious” things. Buitrago lamented in an interview Aristegui Live This obstruction of the investigation has not yet been sanctioned.
In October, GIEI defended its work against accusations by President Lopez Obrador and assured that its reports “They have evidence to back it up.”
Angela Maria Buitrago is a lawyer at Columbia University Externado, specializing in criminal law at the University of Salamanca (Spain) and Criminological Sciences in Externado.
In 2008 he held the position The prosecutor was delegated to the Supreme Court where he handled cases such as the Palace of Justice takeover. She also worked as a lawyer and expert witness at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IDH Court).
He also worked as Consultant to the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations and as a lecturer at the Center for Latin American Social and Legal Studies (Sesjul).
Photo: Quartoscuro Archive
Osuna, for his part, was one of the few ministers who remained in office since Peter became president. August 7, 2022
“Forever with you, President Gustavo Petro! Thank you for the opportunity to contribute a grain of sand to change this country! beauty in which we will build justice!” Osuna wrote on his X account after Petro’s statement.
Changes in the Justice portfolio the second, declared by Peter in recent days, as he announced on Saturday that Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco would also leave the cabinet, but he has not yet said who his successor would be.
(according to information from EFE And Aristega News)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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