Jorge Daniel Castro Castro (born 1950 in

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, Putumayo) is a Colombian former

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of the

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and business administrator graduated from the Cooperative University and the

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. Castro served in the National Police for 38 years and worked in many National Police post around Colombia, including Bolívar, Tolima, Quindío, Nariño, Magdalena and Risaralda, and San Andres Island, .El Colombiano ,
/ref> He was Department Police Commander in Amazonas, Caldas,

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and the

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this last one for nine months. On September 3, 2002, Castro was then assigned commander of the

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and on November 12, 2003, he became General Director of the National Police.

Wire tapping scandal

Castro was forced into early retirement after a

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scandal. Subordinates of Castro performed unauthorized wiretapping on members of the opposition party, journalists, members of the government and people related to the

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. Teodoro Campo and other generales in his direct line of succession were also forced into early retirement. Castro was also one of Colombian President

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's closest allies.

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