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Former Colombian Security Chief Sentenced for Involvement in Senator’s Kidnapping - Latin America Reports

Bogotá, Colombia – José Miguel Narváez, a former top Colombian intelligence official, was sentenced on Monday to 28 years in prison for his involvement in kidnapping Senator Piedad Córdoba in 1999.  Narváez, who later served as subdirector of Colombia’s now-dissolved intelligence agency, the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), was found guilty of ordering Córdoba’s kidnapping while he was a military instructor.  The former Senator, who …
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In her ruling, a judge of the Third Criminal Court of the Specialized Circuit of Medellín sentenced former official José Miguel Narváez for the kidnapping of the deceased former senator Piedad Córdoba. A judge sentenced former official José Miguel Narváez, who was deputy director of the late Administrative Department of Security (DAS), to 28 years in prison as a determiner of the kidnapping of the deceased former senator Piedad Córdoba, perpetra…

José Miguel Narváez is sentenced to 28 years in prison for the kidnapping of Piedad Córdoba By Ana María Cuesta The former senator, who died on January 20, 2024, was kidnapped in May 1999 by the Bolívar Central Block of the Self-Defense Forces. A Medellín criminal court found the former deputy director guilty on Monday [...] The entry Colombia Judge sentenced to 28 years in prison former official José Miguel Narváez for the kidnapping of ex-sen…

Former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez responded after learning about the copying of copies that a judge ordered against him and his brother Santiago Uribe, in the ruling that sentenced José Miguel Narváez, former deputy director of intelligence of the disappeared, Administrative Department of Security, DAS, to 28 years in prison for the kidnapping of Piedad Córdoba.

The Medellín Third Criminal Court wrote copies to the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate former President Álvaro Uribe and his brother Santiago Uribe as alleged perpetrators of the murder of two human rights defenders in 1998. The decision was made in the framework of a conviction against the former deputy director of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS), José Miguel Narváez, for the kidnapping of the deceased Senator Piedad Có…

The accuser established that, during his exercise, he suggested the former paramilitary chief, Carlos Castaño, to retain and assassinate the ex-senadora

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asuntoslegales.com.co broke the news in on Monday, October 6, 2025.
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