Former governor arrested in north Colombia

[Judi Lynn]

Former governor arrested in north Colombia
Saturday, 18 February 2012 10:41
Adriaan Alsema

The former governor of the Sucre department is arrested for his alleged role in a 2000 paramilitary massacre.

Former Governor of the Sucre department, Miguel Angel Nule, was arrested while about to board a plane to Miami where he was hoping to visit his grandchildren.

According to Nule's attorney Jaime Granados, who represents several prominent politicians including former President Alvaro Uribe, Nule was arrested for "things he had been absolved of ages ago, related to his possible links to the Macayepo massacre" in which 15 peasants were killed.

Two of Nule's sons are in imprisoned over the embezzlement of millions of dollars of government funds through their construction company.

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/22285-former-governor-arrested-in-north-colombia.html

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1. Darn! I was hoping it was Sarah Palin.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Sarah Palin apparently was encouraged to be seen speaking personally with right-wing Alvaro Uribe

when she was pretending to be a serious candidate for national office.

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[Judi Lynn]

3. U.S. Fueling Human Rights Abuses in Colombia in Violation of Its Own Laws

U.S. Fueling Human Rights Abuses in Colombia in Violation of Its Own Laws
Posted: 01/25/2012 12:56 pm

As Noam Chomsky has often cautioned, when considering foreign relations, and especially military intervention, states should always heed the primary Hippocratic oath -- "First, do no harm." The U.S. has certainly disregarded this admonition with reckless abandon in Latin America, and Colombia is the foremost example of this, at least at the present time. Human Rights Watch appears to concur with this judgment.

Thus, Human Rights Watch (HRW) just released its annual human rights report on Colombia, and it is not pretty. The punch line of the report is most damning of the United States and its role in that country's abysmal practices -- undoubtedly, the very worst of this hemisphere.

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HRW explains in detail that the human rights violations the U.S. is aiding and abetting in Colombia are indeed the worst imaginable. As HRW explains, in Colombia

paramilitary successor groups continue to grow, maintain extensive ties with public security force members and local officials, and commit widespread atrocities. There has also been ongoing violence against rights defenders, community leaders, and trade unionists.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-kovalik/colombia-human-rights_b_1228349.html