US court jails Colombia militants

[Judi Lynn]

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 01:55 GMT, Friday, 10 October 2008 02:55 UK
US court jails Colombia militants

Two Colombian paramilitary leaders have been jailed for 20 years on drug-trafficking charges by a US court.

Javier Zuluaga Lindo and Ramiro Vanoy had pleaded guilty of conspiring to import some 18 tonnes of cocaine from Colombia into the US in the late 1990s.

They were among 14 right-wing paramilitaries extradited to the US in May under an agreement between Washington and Bogota.

The group was held responsible for many atrocities during Colombia's civil war.

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But some Colombians feared their extradition meant the militia leaders would not disclose alleged links to many government figures.

Known by its Spanish acronym AUC, the stands accused of hundreds of killings and kidnappings during Colombia's decades-long civil conflict.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7662580.stm

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(Since when would you say DEATH SQUAD leaders can truthfully be described as "militants?"