Infamous Colombian neoparamilitary commander pleads guilty in US court
Infamous Colombian neoparamilitary commander pleads guilty in US court
posted by Mimi Yagoub
Jan 27, 2014
The former military chief of one of Colombia’s most dangerous criminal organizations pleaded guilty to charges of major cocaine trafficking to the United States at a plea hearing in Miami, Florida last Friday.
Diego Perez Henao, alias “Diego Rastrojo,” pleaded guilty last week to the one-count accusation against him, alleging he participated in decades of illegal drug production and distribution from Colombia to the United States, the US Department of Justice announced in a press release.
Diego Rastrojo is the infamous former military leader who gave his name to one of the major players in Colombia’s bloody and ongoing drug trade – Los Rastrojos – a neoparamilitary criminal organization heavily involved in parapolitics, drug-trafficking, extortion and kidnapping.
At the time of his arrest in Venezuela in June 2012, Diego Rastrojo had a $5 million bounty on his head and was considered to be one of the most powerful leaders of the Colombian underworld. He was subsequently flown back to Colombia and eventually extradited to the United States in August of 2013.
More:
http://colombiareports.co/infamous-narco-military-leader-pleads-guilty-us-court/
He's another one, once out of the country, who won't be questioned to determine his connections to more right-wing Colombian political figures, which would render them vulnerable to be sent to the slammer.
