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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jun 25, 2012, 11:51 PM Jun 2012

US to indict 3 more Colombian police officials: Report .

US to indict 3 more Colombian police officials: Report .
Sunday, 24 June 2012 08:25 Adriaan Alsema

U.S. prosecutors are set to indict three more Colombian police officials for drug trafficking, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday.

According to the newspaper, the recent charges against retired police general Mauricio Santoyo, is the "tip of the iceberg" of U.S. criminal charges against Colombian officials with alleged ties to paramilitary and drug trafficking organizations.

El Tiempo reported that the U.S. will decide in the coming to weeks whether to request the extradition of Santoyo, who was the security chief of former President Alvaro Uribe.

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/24743-us-to-indict-3-more-colombian-police-officials-report.html

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