By DARCY CROWE WSJ 14 sep 2011
BOGOTÁ–Jorge Noguera, who served as chief of Colombia’s domestic spy agency under former President Álvaro Uribe, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in jail for conspiring with right-wing death squads that killed union leaders and activists.
Mr. Noguera’s sentence represents a blow to Mr. Uribe, who has seen some of his closest aides charged with wrongdoings that range from the misuse of public funds to illegally wiretapping scores of opposition leaders, journalists and Supreme Court judges.
Mr. Noguera, who has denied the charges in the past, didn’t talk to the press after the sentencing. He served as head of the domestic intelligence agency, known as DAS, from 2002 to 2005, and was one of the first close collaborators of Mr. Uribe to face criminal charges.
