Jorge Visbal Martelo

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
PresidentJuan Manuel Santos Calderón
Preceded byMaría Claudia Mosquera Jaramillo
Succeeded byLuis Eladio Pérez Bonilla
Senator of Colombia
In office
3 June 2007 – 29 May 2009
Preceded byLuis Guillermo Vélez Trujillo
Colombia Ambassador to Canada
In office
2 September 2004 – September 2005
PresidentÁlvaro Uribe Vélez
Preceded byFanny Kertzman Yankelevitch
Succeeded byJaime Girón Duarte
Personal details
Born (1953-06-26) 26 June 1953
Corozal, Sucre, Colombia
Political partyParty of the U (2006-present)
Alma materExternado University (BBA, 1983)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Visbal and the second or maternal family name is Martelo.

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

On 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

In 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

He 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

Visbal 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
  1. "Los testigos que hundieron a Jorge Visbal Martelo" (in Spanish). Bogotá: El Espectador. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. "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.
  3. "'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.
  4. Leadlay, Christina (2004-09-08). "Diplomatic Circles". Diplomat. Ottawa. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  5. "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.
  6. "Piden asegurar a embajador por supuesta parapolítica" (in Spanish). Bogotá: La Patria. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. "Condenan a 9 años de cárcel a exembajador Jorge Aníbal Visbal" (in Spanish). Bogotá: El Tiempo. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
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