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Uribe family further submerged in paramilitary accusations
written by Adriaan Alsema February 14, 2017
A Medellin court ordered not only to investigate the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe for forming his own death squads, but also for financing other paramilitary groups.
The court investigating crimes by the paramilitary AUC asked the prosecution to investigate accusations made by numerous demobilized paramilitaries who had claimed the former president’s brother financed the “Bloque Pacifico,” a.k.a. “Heroes del Chocó,” and the “Bloque Heroes de Granada.”
Uribe is one of the 12,500 civilians and businesses facing charges before a transitional justice tribunal over their financial support for one the illegal armed groups that has taken part in Colombia’s 52-year armed conflict.
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Uribe’s brother is already in prison where he is awaiting trial for his role in founding “The 12 Apostles,” an extreme-right death squad that committed multiple homicides in the Uribes’ home province of Antioquia with a neighbor and the local priest.
More:
http://colombiareports.com/uribe-family-submerged-paramilitary-accusations/
