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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:05 PM
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Court reopens case against general (Colombia)
... The Attorney General had asked for the reopening after several testimonies made by demobilized paramilitaries linked the retired General to the Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

The Penal Chamber of the high court then asked the Prosecution to reopen the case and include the paramilitary testimonies in the evidence against the General.

Del Rio is suspected of having allowed paramilitaries to kill dozens of innocent civilians when he was commanding the army's 17th Brigade in the 1990's. He has never been convicted, but is now in jail ...

http://colombiareports.com/colombian-news/news/3188-court-reopens-case-against-general.html
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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-11-09 07:15 PM
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1. They've got quite a death machine working there, don't they?
Tremendous bit of news, reopening a case which should never have concluded with the proper evidence, after all.

http://www.cipcol.org.nyud.net:8090/images/080905alej.jpg http://www.eltiempo.com.nyud.net:8090/colombia/justicia/IMAGEN/IMAGEN-4738217-1.gif

General Rito Alejo del Rio
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