Jeremy McDermott, co-director of the investigative journalism outlet InSight Crime, faces a criminal defamation suit from Colombian businessman Guillermo León Acevedo Giraldo, alias “Memo Fantasma."
"The case stems from a two-year investigation published in March 2020 into Acevedo. It showed how the Madrid-based businessman was once a prolific drug trafficker as well as a former leader of the infamous paramilitary army known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia — AUC), responsible for killing tens of thousands during the country’s half-century civil conflict."
