Reply #5: to carry out the demobilization [View All]

[Bacchus39]

he did not do so, and was a fugitive and now has been caught. comprendes???



"Ever Veloza, one of the few top paramilitary bosses who fled into hiding rather than embrace a government peace deal, was arrested Tuesday in the turbulent banana-growing Uraba region on the Caribbean coast, police said."

"Veloza demobilized along with more than 500 fighters in December 2004 but went into hiding last August when paramilitary bosses were asked to turn themselves in and submit to a peace process with President Alvaro Uribe's government."

"Under the deal, the warlords — many wanted for extradition by the United States on drug-trafficking charges — are to serve no more than eight years in prison in return for confessing to all their crimes."

"Veloza does not qualify for a reduced sentence because he continued to head an illegal militia and traffic in narcotics, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told reporters."