Ex-drug lord El Tuso released from prison (in the U.S.)

[Judi Lynn]

Ex-drug lord El Tuso released from prison .
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 06:34 Narayan Buckley

Former drug lord "El Tuso," who went on record to testify against former President Alvaro Uribe for paramilitary ties, was reportedly released from a federal prison in the United States.

El Tuso, whose real name is Juan Carlos Sierra Ramirez, was released from prison on March 14 of 2013, according to records kept by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Reports say that El Tuso should have been deported back to Colombia after being released, unless his testimony was indispensable to a court case, in which case he may have entered witness protection.

A representative with the Washington Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office (ICE) told Colombia Reports that Mr. Sierra Ramirez is in ICE custody but could not give any more information about the subject.The drug lord claimed to be a member of the paramilitary organization, AUC, and demobilized under this false pretense via the Justice and Peace law to receive benefits.

El Tuso was one of 14 alleged leaders of the AUC who in May 2008 were extradited to the United States, without the necessary approval of the Supreme Court. The suprise action was condemned by the court, the Prosecutor General's Office and representatives of the tens of thousands of victims of the paramilitary organization the AUC, who accused Uribe of trying to prevent the paramilitaries from revealing their ties to politicians and economic elites, commonly called "parapolitics."

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/28584-ex-drug-lord-el-tuso-released-from-prison.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. Aha! So the U.S. did make a deal with them to protect Uribe and...?

...the Bush Junta?

That's my read on this whole story, starting with the midnight extraditions of these death squad members on mere drug charges, arranged by none other than Uribe himself in collusion with U.S. (Bush Junta) ambassador Wm. Brownfield--extradited to the U.S. and 'buried' in the U.S. federal prison system to put them out of the reach of Colombian prosecutors. The Colombian prosecutors wanted them as witnesses. Then, poof, gone!

Circa 2008-2009. I think this was part of "the deal" Obama made with the real powers that be, to protect all Bush Junta criminals from investigation and prosecution for their horrible crimes in many places. All overseen by Bush Sr. crony Leon Panetta, in his year at the CIA and later at the Pentagon. More confirmation that Uribe is one of their "made men."

My, my, my! And now this bunch is getting out with their 'tickets' to Miami in their sweaty palms.

"Witness protection," eh? Oh, Lordy! Here come some more stand-up citizens for the Miami mafia!