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Colombia arrests Uribe's ex-security chief after serving time in US by Emily Hart April 30, 2019
by Emily Hart April 30, 2019
The ex-security chief of former President Alvaro Uribe was arrested after being sent back to Colombia by the United States on Monday on forced disappearance and murder charges.
This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into links between paramilitary death squads and officials in Antioquia, the home of Uribe and his former presidential security chief General Mauricio Santoyo.
The Commission of Colombian Jurists has requested that his crimes be treated as crimes against humanity.
Santoyo was extradited to the USA in 2012 and convicted on drug trafficking charges. His sentence was reduced after agreeing to share information about the links between the security forces, civil servants and paramilitary organization United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombia-arrests-uribes-ex-security-chief-after-serving-time-in-us/