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Former Medellin Cartel associates jump in to save Uribe family name
written by Adriaan Alsema October 13, 2017
Former Medellin and Norte del Valle Cartel members have come out in defense of former President Alvaro Uribe‘s brother, whose murder and conspiracy trial starts Friday.
Santiago Uribe will have to respond to accusations he was one of the founding members of paramilitary group “The 12 Apostles” that is accused of killing leftists and other “undesirables” in a town called Yarumal in the early 1990s.
Ranchers and narcos from the area formed dozens of private armies in the 1980s and 1990s.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/former-medellin-cartel-associates-jump-save-uribe-family-name/