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Cepeda Files Criminal Complaint Against De La Espriella over Paramilitary Ties

The leftist candidate in Colombia’s election race, Senator Ivan Cepeda, announced a criminal complaint against his far-right opponent for allegedly belonging to the now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC. In a press conference, Cepeda said that his team filed a criminal complaint before the Prosecutor General’s Office and the International Criminal Court to investigate whether De la Espriella “directly belonged to and acted as part of the AUC…

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Left-wing Colombian presidential candidate Iván Cepeda detailed on Thursday the six points of the criminal complaint he will file against his rival, Abelardo de la Espriella, for the crimes of “concert for aggravated crime, financing of terrorism and illicit enrichment,” and which allegedly show his links with paramilitary groups. Cepeda pointed out that he denounces ten days after the second presidential round for “crimes against humanity commi…

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Candidato del Pacto Histórico linked his electoral rival to structures of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

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Colombian presidential candidate Iván Cepeda said he will file a criminal complaint against his rival Abelardo de la Espriella on charges that he received funds from illegal armed groups. Cepeda accused conservative lawyer De la Espriella of having links with leaders of the right-wing paramilitary group known as the AUC, which demobilized two decades ago. Cepeda said in a live press conference that De la Espriella was funded by paramilitary grou…

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The presidential candidate of the official Historical Pact, Iván Cepeda, presented this Thursday a criminal complaint to the Attorney General's Office and the International Criminal Court (ICC) against his rival in the second round, the right-wing Abelardo De la Espriella . The accusation is framed in an increasing crossroad of points between the two candidates that will face next June 21.The press conference and the announcement are given after…

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The presidential campaign in Colombia is getting hotter every day. Senator Iván Cepeda, the presidential candidate of the left, has denounced Thursday for the crimes of conspiracy to commit crime, the financing of terrorism and the illicit enrichment of the right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, his rival in the second round of June 21, which he links to the crimes of paramilitary groups. Continue reading

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fmmundo.com broke the news on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
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