The Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) in Colombia today ordered the arrest of the former president of Congress, Nancy Patricia Gutierrez for alleged influence peddling and conspiracy in the alleged illegal wiretapping scandal, judicial sources said. Gutierrez was a senator and chaired the Colombian legislature in July 2007 and December 2008, was apparently illegal surveillance informed the congressman also Piedad Cordoba.
In September 2010, prosecutors began an investigation to determine whether Gutierrez used data from the Administrative Security Department (DAS) from Cordoba, who has served as mediator between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government. The data received were allegedly used by the former president of Congress in a debate against Córdoba, in which the accused alleged to maintain links with the guerrillas.
Martha Leal, exsubdirectora DAS Operations, admitted the release of information obtained Gutierrez's illegal surveillance to Cordoba. The Supreme Court noted that Gutierrez could engage in that crime "as a co-author" and gave the former president of the Congress the benefit of home detention rather than prison, as head of household.
Gutiérrez belonged to the Colombian Liberal Party (PLC) and in recent years was a member of Radical Change, a liberal source movement led by the current Minister of Interior and Justice, Germain Vargas Lleras, and was one of the central figures of Uribe during eight years of the Uribe Administration. 
In September 2010, prosecutors began an investigation to determine whether Gutierrez used data from the Administrative Security Department (DAS) from Cordoba, who has served as mediator between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government. The data received were allegedly used by the former president of Congress in a debate against Córdoba, in which the accused alleged to maintain links with the guerrillas.
Martha Leal, exsubdirectora DAS Operations, admitted the release of information obtained Gutierrez's illegal surveillance to Cordoba. The Supreme Court noted that Gutierrez could engage in that crime "as a co-author" and gave the former president of the Congress the benefit of home detention rather than prison, as head of household.
Gutiérrez belonged to the Colombian Liberal Party (PLC) and in recent years was a member of Radical Change, a liberal source movement led by the current Minister of Interior and Justice, Germain Vargas Lleras, and was one of the central figures of Uribe during eight years of the Uribe Administration.
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