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Incoming Colombian President De La Espria Represented Drug Dealers and Paramilitaries as Mob Lawyer

Breaking Points · "U.S. ASSET": Colombia's Bukele TAKES POWER · July 1, 2026
Incoming Colombian President De La Espria Represented Drug Dealers and Paramilitaries as Mob Lawyer
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"U.S. ASSET": Colombia's Bukele TAKES POWER
"He's a mob lawyer he made millions representing like drug dealing right-wing narco paramilitaries um Maduro loyalist businessman Alex Sab who was extradited to the US a month ago in May and former president Alber actually um he represented the leader of the AU paramilitaries Salvator Manuso who said that uh him and Aardo were were childhood friends."
Juan David Rojas reveals that Colombia's newly elected president Abelardo De La Espria built his fortune as a lawyer for narco-paramilitaries and drug dealers, including the leader of notorious paramilitary groups. Rojas characterizes him as "literally a US asset" who is a registered Republican, donated to Trump's campaign, and hasn't lived in Colombia for a decade. The president-elect defeated the governing party candidate by only 200,000 votes in Colombia's closest election ever.
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