Former Colombian congressman arrested for alleged paramilitary ties (Yet one more)
Former Colombian congressman arrested for alleged paramilitary ties .
Wednesday, 03 April 2013 09:00 Parker Crooks
A former Colombian congressman was Tuesday apprehended by authorities in the northern city of Barranquilla for alleged ties to paramilitary groups.
The arrest of the former congressman, Pedro Miguel Peñalosa, was carried out by order of the Supreme Court. Miguel allegedly had ties to a bloc of the now-defunct AUC paramilitary group which once operated in Colombia's northern Magdalena department.
He will be transferred to the country's capital of Bogota on Wednesday, where he will face charges for conspiracy.
Peñalosa was the deputy to former Congressman Jorge Luis Caballero, who was arrested and sentenced to 10 years for paramilitary ties with a former commander of the AUC, Edgar Ignacio Fierro, alias "Don Antonio".
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/28797-former-colombian-congressman-arrested-for-alleged-paramilitary-ties.html
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Getting to be a familiar story, bringing in even more Colombian government officials connected to the narcotrafficking death squads.
