Tragedy occurred at the capitol in Bogota as former president Ernesto Samper was charged by Congress for receiving money from the Cali Cartel during his 1994 campaign. This incident was referred to as the 8000 process scandal, which came from the folio number assigned to the case by the prosecutor’s office. The money received from the Cali Cartel was to buy off people to assure Samper’s success in the second round of the Colombian election, as he narrowly lost the first round of the election. Sampers eventually won the presidency but was immediately accused by his opponent Andres Pastrana of receiving this illegal donations. At first Sampers denied his guilt in the controversy, saying Pastrana was making excuses for his loss. A collection of tape recordings were released to the public that had considerable evidence of Sampers guilt. This was just the beginning of problems facing government officials, as Attorney General Orlando Vasquez turned himself in after taking money from drug traffickers.
Picture: Ernesto Samper
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