Colombia prosecutors open formal probe into Alvaro Uribe’s alleged ties to right-wing militias
Colombia prosecutors open formal probe into Alvaro Uribe’s alleged ties to right-wing militias
By Associated Press, Published: September 25
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe for allegedly sponsoring a far-right militia.
The probe announced Wednesday stems from accusations by a retired police major that Santiago Uribe formed a death squad in the 1990s in Antioquia state, where his brother was governor.
As president from 2002 to 2010, Alvaro Uribe made peace with the so-called paramilitaries, who committed the bulk of killings in Colombia’s long-running war.
More than 80 politicians, most of them allies of Alvaro Uribe, have been imprisoned for criminal conspiracy since 2006 for colluding with paramilitaries.
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