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Will Colombia's ex-president be brought to trial?
Will Colombia's ex-president be brought to trial?
Friday 24 August 2012
by John Haylett
How long can it be before former president Alvaro Uribe faces trial in Colombia or takes the well-trodden path to exile in Florida?
Rumours have circulated for decades of his own and family members' involvement in the army-supported death squads, especially the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC).
But the noose has tightened recently with close allies being charged and coming clean on death-squad activities.
Uribe's former head of security Mauricio Santoyo Velasco pleaded guilty on Monday in a US court to having helped the AUC.
More:
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/123045
