The Colombian senator Piedad Córdobaof the ruling Historical Pact, died this Saturday in Medellin (northwest) at 69 years of age, confirmed the president Gustavo Petro.
“Piedad Córdoba was a woman beaten by an era and a society. She fought all her mature life for a more democratic society“, Petro stated in a message on X where he added: “As a congressman I knew her and as a senator she died. “A true liberal has died.”
Córdoba, who would turn 69 on January 25, died in the Clinic Conquerors of Medellin as a result of a heart attack, according to the first information.
“As mayor of Medellín I have been informed of the death of the senator Piety Cordova. Apparently he arrived without vital signs at the Conquistadores Clinic of Medellin. Solidarity with your family“, stated in X the mayor of the city, Frederick ‘Fico‘ Gutierrez.
In the first decade of this century, Piety Cordovaduring his senatorial days Liberal Partyserved as a mediator, along with the then Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, for the release of several kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla.
Due to his left-wing activism, in 2010 the then attorney general, Alejandro Ordóñezdismissed her and disqualified her from holding public office for 18 years because she had allegedly “promoted and collaborated with the illegal group, FARC.”
The investigation began from the documents found on the computers of whoever was number two of the FARC, Luis Edgar Devia, alias ‘Raúl Reyes’who was killed in a bombing by the Colombian Army in Ecuador on March 1, 2008.
Politics, born in Medellin In 1955, he spent a few years in the shadows but after his sentence was annulled he returned to politics years later, responding to a call from Petro.
“A fascist prosecutor expelled her from Senate and he made fun of his voters, I wanted to make up for the damage and helped him get on the list of the Historical Pact“I felt like I deserved it.”the president added today.
His leftist positions earned him many controversies due to his closeness to the FARC and it was even said that in documents of that guerrilla he was mentioned with the alias of ‘Teodora Bolívar’.
In January 2023, the Colombian Government extradited USA to Alvaro Cordobabrother of the senator, who was wanted by a court in that country for crimes related to drug trafficking.
The Colombian Government approved the extradition of Córdoba’s brother, requested by the Court of the Southern District of NY “for the concert charge to import narcotics”.
