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Judi Lynn

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Fri May 11, 2012, 01:24 PM May 2012

Uribe officials implicated in false demobilization scandal (Colombia's ex-president, Bush ally)

Source: Colombia Reports

Uribe officials implicated in false demobilization scandal .
Friday, 11 May 2012 08:29
Christan Leonard

Imprisoned AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso accused former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo of involvement in the false demobilization of the AUC and a nonexistent FARC front.

In his first public interview in months, Mancuso spoke with Caracol Radio and revealed details about numerous persons involved in government scandals under the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe.

Mancuso accused Restrepo of colluding with drug traffickers and members of the military to stage false demobilizations or paramilitaries and an invented front of the FARC known as the "Cacica Gaitana" Front. This was allegedly done in order to receive legal, financial and political benefits.

"Of course Luis Carlos Restrepo knew about the false demobilization, he clearly knew," said Mancuso, who also admitted his own involvement in the staged demobilizations.

Restrepo is currently on the run and will be tried in absentia.

Read more: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/23986-uribe-officials-implicated-in-false-demobilization-scandal.html

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Uribe officials implicated in false demobilization scandal (Colombia's ex-president, Bush ally) (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2012 OP
Uribe, CONVIVIR, and "demobilization" tayjes16 May 2012 #1

tayjes16

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1. Uribe, CONVIVIR, and "demobilization"
Sun May 13, 2012, 02:47 PM
May 2012

People that question whether Uribe was involved with paramilitaries should simply look up the history of CONVIVIR (the Wikipedia article "Paramilitarism in Colombia" actually covers this in quite a bit of detail, and has high quality references that you can verify the information in).

As far as the faux "demobilization", take a look at the following:

* Gary Leech (September/October 2004). "U.S./Colombia: Demobilizing the AUC?". NACLA Report on the Americas 38 (2): 42–44.
* Paramilitaries’ Heirs: The New Face of Violence in Colombia, Human Rights Watch, February 2010
* Colombia: The Paramilitaries in Medellín: Demobilization or Legalization?, Amnesty International, August 31, 2005

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