8,500 paramilitary and guerrilla fighters rearm: Govt

[Judi Lynn]

8,500 paramilitary and guerrilla fighters rearm: Govt
Thursday, 16 December 2010 15:02 Adriaan Alsema

Colombia's National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission announces that 15.5% of 55,000 former members of illegal armed groups have rearmed.

This means that more than 8,500 former paramilitaries and guerrillas have abandoned disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programs and rejoined the ranks of illegal armed groups.

According to the government commission, neo-paramilitary or drug trafficking groups have approximately 6,000 members.

According to the CNNR, "these facts represent risks for the victims of the internal conflict and the access to truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of no repetition."

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/13434-8500-paramilitary-and-guerrilla-fighters-rearm.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. Um, I thought Uribe/Bush "pacified" (exterminated) the leftist guerrillas.

Somebody's lyin'.

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