Jorge Aníbal Visbal Martelo (born 26 June 1953) is a Colombian politician, livestock and landowner, and convicted criminal.
Jorge Visbal Martelo | |
|---|---|
| Colombian ambassador to Peru | |
| In office 2 February 2011 – 14 March 2012 | |
| President | Juan Manuel Santos Calderón |
| Preceded by | María Claudia Mosquera Jaramillo |
| Succeeded by | Luis Eladio Pérez Bonilla |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 3 June 2007 – 29 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Guillermo Vélez Trujillo |
| Colombia Ambassador to Canada | |
| In office 2 September 2004 – September 2005 | |
| President | Álvaro Uribe Vélez |
| Preceded by | Fanny Kertzman Yankelevitch |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Girón Duarte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1953 Corozal, Sucre, Colombia |
| Political party | Party of the U (2006-present) |
| Alma mater | Externado University (BBA, 1983) |
Visbal Martelo was the president of the Colombian Association of Stockbreeders between 1991 and 2004. He was found guilty of collaboration and conspiracy with paramilitary groups between 1998 and 2005 for the promotion and expansion of this army.[1]
Ambassador to Canada
editOn 13 July 2004,[2] President Álvaro Uribe Vélez appointed Visbal as Ambassador of Colombia to Canada.[2] He was sworn in on July 16,[3][4]
Senator of Colombia
editIn late 2005 it was announced that Ambassador Visbal would resign to run for Congress in the 2006 legislative elections, but fail to earn a seat in Congress. In 2007 however, following the death of Senator Luis Guillermo Vélez Trujillo a Party of the U politician, Visbal was selected by the party to replace him in Congress as a Senator of Colombia.
Ambassador to Peru
editHe served as ambassador to Peru between 2010 and 2012 by appointment of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón. He was sworn in on January 21, 2011.[5] In March 2012 he stepped down due to pre-trial detention on charges for conspiracy to commit crimes in association with right-wing paramilitary groups.[6]
Conviction
editVisbal Martelo was found guilty of conspiracy to commit crimes in association with paramilitary groups in June 2018 and sentenced to nine years in prison and a fine.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Los testigos que hundieron a Jorge Visbal Martelo" (in Spanish). Bogotá: El Espectador. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ a b "Jorge Visbal Martelo, Nuevo Embajador en Canadá" [Jorge Visbal Martelo, New Ambassador to Canada] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Press Office of the President of Colombia (SNE). 2004-07-13. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ "'Venderé la Cara Buena de Colombia': Visbal Martelo" ['I Will Sell The Good Face of Colombia':Visbal Martelo] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Press Office of the President of Colombia (SNE). Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ Leadlay, Christina (2004-09-08). "Diplomatic Circles". Diplomat. Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ "Jorge Visbal Martelo se posesionó como Embajador de Colombia en Perú" [Jorge Visbal Martelo was sworn in as Ambassador of Colombia to Peru] (in Spanish). Bogotá: Press Office of the President of Colombia (SGI). Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ "Piden asegurar a embajador por supuesta parapolítica" (in Spanish). Bogotá: La Patria. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ "Condenan a 9 años de cárcel a exembajador Jorge Aníbal Visbal" (in Spanish). Bogotá: El Tiempo. Retrieved 2019-12-08.