On April 4, 2007, the demobilized paramilitary John Mario Salazar aka. "El Pecoso" accused Suárez of the being the mastermind behind the assassination of José Agustín Uribe, who worked for the Government of Norte de Santander as a Judicial Advisor.In May, 2007 Salvatore Mancuso the detained paramilitary leader of the demobilized AUC paramilitary group that he had agreed to support Suárez' election for Mayor of Cúcuta. Suárez denied all these allegations saying that these were all lies from a delinquent and that he had never met Mancuso in his life.[http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/oriente/2007-05-22/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3565180.html