Venezuelans in Panama linked to exiled Columbian Intelligence chief
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans living in Panama have been meeting with the former head of Colombia's intelligence agency to plan anti Hugo Chavez programs says Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel.
An EFE report quotes him as saying that Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who has been granted political asylum in Panama after fleeing from Colombia following investigations into her activities against judiciary, journalists and legislators is said to have met Venezuelan refugees to plan destabilizing actions against President Hugo Chavez.
The meeting was said to have taken place in the home of a Venezuelan living on the outskirts of Colon.
Rangel said in a television program that Pilar Hurtado former head of the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) during the government of President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) has set up in Panama , "an office to provide port security services and international investigation.” an s he was supported by the CIA.
Rangel, said that the information was confirmed by "a Colombian admiral involved in intelligence work.