June 14, 2024
El coronel Alfonso Plazas Vega concurre a Corte en Miami por caso del Palacio de Justicia
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The WU report, Colonel. We' re leaving for a court in Miami
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and a lot of attention to bonus
track to the extra part of today'
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s Daniel report welcome. Good morning, July. This is the Colonel report.
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Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vegas turns eighty. Next week to reflect the memory
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of Colombians and present it to the
new generations. I must say that the
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colonel was the commander of the army
cavalry school, the garrison charged with recovering
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the Palace of Justice in a thousand
nine hundred and eighty- five, when
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he was criminally taken over by the
then guerrillas of the 19th eMe. Unfortunately
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for the justice of the civilian victims
and the country. The military return turned
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out to be as criminal as the
guerrilla assault or perhaps more than one hundred
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and one people died, there were
tortures of civilians, untried captures and twelve
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reports of disappearances. Colonel Plazas vega, who was not the only or the
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highest officer involved in these events.
He became the most emblematic figure by the
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action of the attack vehicles, the
so- called Cascabel and Urutu tanks,
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which shot at the palace, broke
into the main gate and bent the correct
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ones. The recovery action was legitimate, but not in that way. The
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sentences established by the international organizations have
determined that there was a disproportionate use of
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force by the military and an indiscriminate
attack that ended up killing civilians, including
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the president of the Supreme Court of
Justice of the time, Dr Alfonso Reyes
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EchandÃa and ten more magistrates of the
Council of State and the Supreme Court.
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That day having you in the background
or the crossfire in the temple of Justice,
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journalist Edgar Telles of the TB news
today of the time, asked Colonel
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Luis Alfonso Plazas Vegas, who wore
helmet and fatigue uniform, which orders he
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had received for the operation. Plazas
Vegas' response passed into history, changed
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his life and made him a celebrity
to defend democracy. Master. Thirty-
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nine years after these events, the
ghost of the Palace of Justice continues to
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persecute the octogenarian colonel, Judge Carlos
Horacio Urán, assistant to the Council of
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State, left the building alive.
As verified by a video published by a
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news research team. One who honoredly
directed The grave is that his body,
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with signs of torture, was secretly
returned to the ruins of the Palace of
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Justice of his murder. There'
s plenty of evidence in the vaults of
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the northern canton. The then prosecutor
Angel Maria Buitrago, found a list of
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guerrillas from the 19th dice of discharge
in combat in the Palace of Justice.
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The names of three judicial officials,
including that of Judge Carlos Horacio Iran,
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appeared next to the guerrillas. They
also found the murdered magistrate' s wallet
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hidden in the military archives. The
autopsies, because there were several, since
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the body of Judge Urán was exhumed
years later, determined that he was killed
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with a shot of grace, not
by rifle, but by a pistol fired
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at close range in his head and
that he suffered horrible torture before his unlawful
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execution for the events of the Palace
of Justice. Colonel Plazas Vega was convicted
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in the first instance and spent eight
years in prison. However, the Supreme
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Court acquitted him and shortly after that
sentence, decided to settle in Weston,
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Florida with his wife, Doña Tania
Vega, daughter of General Miguel Vega Uribe,
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who, by the way, was
the Minister of National Defense for the
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days of the takeover and counter-
taking of the Palace of Justice. Doña
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Tania Vega was a senator for the
Democratic Center Party, which has such strong
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ties with Republican Party leaders in the
United States. The process facing Plazas stems
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from a civil complaint filed by three
daughters of the murdered magistrate Carlos Horacio Urán,
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Mairé Ciomara and Elena Uranbi de Gain
who also represents her father. Colonel
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Plazas Vega' s defense is invoking
the cause of forum non conveniens for the
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case to be dismissed. He argues
that the justice system in the United States
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has no jurisdiction over events in Colombia
and that the country where these unfortunate events
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took place should be the seat of
the process. He also says that in
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Colombia there are legal means for justice
to be done in the case of the
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Urán sisters and that they would have
to sue others and not Colonel Plazas Vega.
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The plaintiffs, for their part,
represented by very prestigious law firms and
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human rights organizations argue that in Colombia
the legal channels were exhausted, that only
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international justice could establish the reality of
his father' s death. The judge
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has tried to rule, that the
Colombian governments tried to ignore at the time
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and that Plazas Vega is a legal
resident of the United States, which implies,
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in their opinion, that he must
answer in that country for his actions.
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Today' s hearing, requested by
the complainants, is to present what
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is technically known as motion by summery
and jusement, i e a brief motion
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for trial to determine whether the trial
can continue without quoting a grand jury.
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And here comes the revealing surprise.
The judge in the case is Rodolfo Armando
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Ruiz II. A lot of people
just call it Rury. He is the
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son of Cuban parents and began his
judicial career in Miami by appointment of the
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Republican governor of Florida Riscott, now
a Republican Party senator. After Roberto Ruiz
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' s resignation, Rodolfo Ruiz became
a federal judge of the Southern District of
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Florida for the nomination of then-
President Donald Trump. Senator Marco Rubio,
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also a Republican, publicly welcomed the
Senate' s confirmation of Judge Ruiz.
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Florida Federal Judge Rodolfo Rudy Armando Ruiz
II, who today will decide the fate
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of the Urán sisters' case against
Colonel Plazas Vega. It was the one
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who, of course, estimated the
summons to former President Donald Trump for the
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capture of the Capitol' s Palacio
Forgivance on January 6, two thousand and
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twenty- one. What do you
think will happen to Bonus Track a few
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00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.399
days ago here. In the report, Elena Urambi de Gain sincerely stated that
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she disagreed with President Gustavo Petro'
s claim to claim to eMe nineteen its
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flags and its causes, ignoring the
feelings of those who were victims of that
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guerrilla group. She clarified that,
although everything indicates that her father died at
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the hands of the military, the
responsibility of LM nineteen in the seizure of
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the Palace of Justice and other violent
acts cannot be ignored. A few days
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ago, the viewer published Mrs Urana' s firm letter to President Petro,
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arguing that the vindication of the actions
of the 19th eMe did not contribute to
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peace or reconciliation. The letter did
not deserve an answer to Elena Urán'
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s position. She is particularly courageous
because she works as a consultant to the
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia on
issues of reparations to victims. In other
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words, he worked in the last
few hours. A foreign ministry official informed
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him that he would not be renewed. Everything indicates that she was punished for
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disagreeing with President Gustavo Petro. Elena
Uran' s exclusion speaks poorly of Foreign
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Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and speaks even
worse of President Gustavo Petro. Little by
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little the feeling that petrism is a
religion that does not tolerate heretics is consolidated.
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There is no right to dismiss the
daughter of one of the victims of
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the Palace of Justice for not agreeing
to glorify the flag of the EMI.
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Nineteen. This was today' s
Colonel report Thank you very much.
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The WU report, Colonel. We' re leaving for a court in Miami
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00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:16.280
and a lot of attention to bonus
track to the extra part of today'
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00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:20.160
s Daniel report welcome. Good morning, July. This is the Colonel report.
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Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vegas turns eighty. Next week to reflect the memory
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of Colombians and present it to the
new generations. I must say that the
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00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:37.920
colonel was the commander of the army
cavalry school, the garrison charged with recovering
7
00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:43.240
the Palace of Justice in a thousand
nine hundred and eighty- five, when
8
00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.799
he was criminally taken over by the
then guerrillas of the 19th eMe. Unfortunately
9
00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:54.000
for the justice of the civilian victims
and the country. The military return turned
10
00:00:54.159 --> 00:01:00.520
out to be as criminal as the
guerrilla assault or perhaps more than one hundred
11
00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:06.359
and one people died, there were
tortures of civilians, untried captures and twelve
12
00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:10.079
reports of disappearances. Colonel Plazas vega, who was not the only or the
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00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:14.920
highest officer involved in these events.
He became the most emblematic figure by the
14
00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.400
action of the attack vehicles, the
so- called Cascabel and Urutu tanks,
15
00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:25.159
which shot at the palace, broke
into the main gate and bent the correct
16
00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:30.879
ones. The recovery action was legitimate, but not in that way. The
17
00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:38.159
sentences established by the international organizations have
determined that there was a disproportionate use of
18
00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:42.719
force by the military and an indiscriminate
attack that ended up killing civilians, including
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the president of the Supreme Court of
Justice of the time, Dr Alfonso Reyes
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EchandÃa and ten more magistrates of the
Council of State and the Supreme Court.
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That day having you in the background
or the crossfire in the temple of Justice,
22
00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:07.719
journalist Edgar Telles of the TB news
today of the time, asked Colonel
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00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:12.439
Luis Alfonso Plazas Vegas, who wore
helmet and fatigue uniform, which orders he
24
00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:19.560
had received for the operation. Plazas
Vegas' response passed into history, changed
25
00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:27.360
his life and made him a celebrity
to defend democracy. Master. Thirty-
26
00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.719
nine years after these events, the
ghost of the Palace of Justice continues to
27
00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:38.120
persecute the octogenarian colonel, Judge Carlos
Horacio Urán, assistant to the Council of
28
00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:42.360
State, left the building alive.
As verified by a video published by a
29
00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:47.840
news research team. One who honoredly
directed The grave is that his body,
30
00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:53.240
with signs of torture, was secretly
returned to the ruins of the Palace of
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00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:59.919
Justice of his murder. There'
s plenty of evidence in the vaults of
32
00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:02.879
the northern canton. The then prosecutor
Angel Maria Buitrago, found a list of
33
00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.879
guerrillas from the 19th dice of discharge
in combat in the Palace of Justice.
34
00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:13.800
The names of three judicial officials,
including that of Judge Carlos Horacio Iran,
35
00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:23.879
appeared next to the guerrillas. They
also found the murdered magistrate' s wallet
36
00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:28.800
hidden in the military archives. The
autopsies, because there were several, since
37
00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.479
the body of Judge Urán was exhumed
years later, determined that he was killed
38
00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:38.319
with a shot of grace, not
by rifle, but by a pistol fired
39
00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:45.479
at close range in his head and
that he suffered horrible torture before his unlawful
40
00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:47.719
execution for the events of the Palace
of Justice. Colonel Plazas Vega was convicted
41
00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:53.520
in the first instance and spent eight
years in prison. However, the Supreme
42
00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:58.080
Court acquitted him and shortly after that
sentence, decided to settle in Weston,
43
00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.840
Florida with his wife, Doña Tania
Vega, daughter of General Miguel Vega Uribe,
44
00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:06.400
who, by the way, was
the Minister of National Defense for the
45
00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:11.680
days of the takeover and counter-
taking of the Palace of Justice. Doña
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00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:17.800
Tania Vega was a senator for the
Democratic Center Party, which has such strong
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00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:25.639
ties with Republican Party leaders in the
United States. The process facing Plazas stems
48
00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:31.439
from a civil complaint filed by three
daughters of the murdered magistrate Carlos Horacio Urán,
49
00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:38.959
Mairé Ciomara and Elena Uranbi de Gain
who also represents her father. Colonel
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00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:45.199
Plazas Vega' s defense is invoking
the cause of forum non conveniens for the
51
00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.879
case to be dismissed. He argues
that the justice system in the United States
52
00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:57.079
has no jurisdiction over events in Colombia
and that the country where these unfortunate events
53
00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:00.040
took place should be the seat of
the process. He also says that in
54
00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:05.360
Colombia there are legal means for justice
to be done in the case of the
55
00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:11.160
Urán sisters and that they would have
to sue others and not Colonel Plazas Vega.
56
00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:16.279
The plaintiffs, for their part,
represented by very prestigious law firms and
57
00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:23.319
human rights organizations argue that in Colombia
the legal channels were exhausted, that only
58
00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:28.959
international justice could establish the reality of
his father' s death. The judge
59
00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:33.279
has tried to rule, that the
Colombian governments tried to ignore at the time
60
00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:39.360
and that Plazas Vega is a legal
resident of the United States, which implies,
61
00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:44.040
in their opinion, that he must
answer in that country for his actions.
62
00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:49.240
Today' s hearing, requested by
the complainants, is to present what
63
00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:56.040
is technically known as motion by summery
and jusement, i e a brief motion
64
00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:00.279
for trial to determine whether the trial
can continue without quoting a grand jury.
65
00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:10.000
And here comes the revealing surprise.
The judge in the case is Rodolfo Armando
66
00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.279
Ruiz II. A lot of people
just call it Rury. He is the
67
00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:23.439
son of Cuban parents and began his
judicial career in Miami by appointment of the
68
00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:30.800
Republican governor of Florida Riscott, now
a Republican Party senator. After Roberto Ruiz
69
00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:34.839
' s resignation, Rodolfo Ruiz became
a federal judge of the Southern District of
70
00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:41.240
Florida for the nomination of then-
President Donald Trump. Senator Marco Rubio,
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00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:46.600
also a Republican, publicly welcomed the
Senate' s confirmation of Judge Ruiz.
72
00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:54.959
Florida Federal Judge Rodolfo Rudy Armando Ruiz
II, who today will decide the fate
73
00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:59.920
of the Urán sisters' case against
Colonel Plazas Vega. It was the one
74
00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:05.240
who, of course, estimated the
summons to former President Donald Trump for the
75
00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:09.480
capture of the Capitol' s Palacio
Forgivance on January 6, two thousand and
76
00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:15.879
twenty- one. What do you
think will happen to Bonus Track a few
77
00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.399
days ago here. In the report, Elena Urambi de Gain sincerely stated that
78
00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:26.439
she disagreed with President Gustavo Petro'
s claim to claim to eMe nineteen its
79
00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:32.279
flags and its causes, ignoring the
feelings of those who were victims of that
80
00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:39.639
guerrilla group. She clarified that,
although everything indicates that her father died at
81
00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:44.839
the hands of the military, the
responsibility of LM nineteen in the seizure of
82
00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.560
the Palace of Justice and other violent
acts cannot be ignored. A few days
83
00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:55.439
ago, the viewer published Mrs Urana' s firm letter to President Petro,
84
00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:01.120
arguing that the vindication of the actions
of the 19th eMe did not contribute to
85
00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:07.160
peace or reconciliation. The letter did
not deserve an answer to Elena Urán'
86
00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:13.279
s position. She is particularly courageous
because she works as a consultant to the
87
00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:18.279
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia on
issues of reparations to victims. In other
88
00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:24.199
words, he worked in the last
few hours. A foreign ministry official informed
89
00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:31.519
him that he would not be renewed. Everything indicates that she was punished for
90
00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.759
disagreeing with President Gustavo Petro. Elena
Uran' s exclusion speaks poorly of Foreign
91
00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:41.759
Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo and speaks even
worse of President Gustavo Petro. Little by
92
00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:46.720
little the feeling that petrism is a
religion that does not tolerate heretics is consolidated.
93
00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.600
There is no right to dismiss the
daughter of one of the victims of
94
00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:54.600
the Palace of Justice for not agreeing
to glorify the flag of the EMI.
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00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:58.080
Nineteen. This was today' s
Colonel report Thank you very much.
