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Judi Lynn

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2. Colombia arrests ex-security head

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Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:57 AM

Jun 2012

Page last updated at 09:07 GMT, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 10:07 UK
Colombia arrests ex-security head
By Jeremy McDermott
BBC News, Medellin

Colombian authorities have arrested a former head of the secret police - the Das - in connection with a high-profile unsolved murder.

Gen Miguel Maza Marquez was detained over the assassination of presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan.

The murder is believed to have been ordered by Medellin drugs cartel boss Pablo Escobar, but 20 years later still has not been properly solved.

Mr Galan was shot dead as he addressed a rally in Bogota in August 1989.

He was the favourite to win the presidential elections.

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