Uribe officials implicated in false demobilization scandal .
Uribe officials implicated in false demobilization scandal .
Friday, 11 May 2012 08:29
Christan Leonard
Imprisoned AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso accused former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo of involvement in the false demobilization of the AUC and a nonexistent FARC front.
In his first public interview in months, Mancuso spoke with Caracol Radio and revealed details about numerous persons involved in government scandals under the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe.
Mancuso accused Restrepo of colluding with drug traffickers and members of the military to stage false demobilizations or paramilitaries and an invented front of the FARC known as the "Cacica Gaitana" Front. This was allegedly done in order to receive legal, financial and political benefits.
"Of course Luis Carlos Restrepo knew about the false demobilization, he clearly knew," said Mancuso, who also admitted his own involvement in the staged demobilizations.
Restrepo is currently on the run and will be tried in absentia.
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