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Judi Lynn

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Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:47 AM Aug 2012

Santoyo 'ordered forced disappearance of human rights workers' .

Santoyo 'ordered forced disappearance of human rights workers' .
Wednesday, 29 August 2012 06:09 Joey O'Gorman

Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe's ex-chief of security allegedly ordered the forced disappearance of two human rights workers while working in Medellin, reported radio station Caracol Wednesday.

Retired general and former presidential chief of security Mauricio Santoyo has been accused during a debate in Congress of being part ofa criminal gang that operated for more than two decades. A full discussion of the allegations could not be held as the defense minister and the director of the police were not in attendance.

A spokeswoman for the families of the disappeared said that while at the head of the elite anti-extorion and kidnapping unit of the National Police in Medellin, Santoyo had ordered the disappearance of human rights workers, Angel Quintero and Claudia Monsalve.

According to the spokeswoman Santoyo illegally ordered the tapping of hundreds of phones and the forced disappearance of the two workers.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/25769-santoyo-ordered-forced-disappearance-of-human-rights-workers.html

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