Urabeños ‘provide logistical support for Uribe’s anti-government protest’
Urabeños provide logistical support for Uribes anti-government protest
Posted by Adriaan Alsema on Mar 31, 2016
Colombias largest paramilitary successor group, Los Urabeños, are ordering people in the northwest of the country to take part in an anti-government march being organized for Sunday by former President Alvaro Uribe.
The accusation was made by El Tiempo, a newspaper with close ties to the family of President Juan Manuel Santos, Uribes political adversary.
According to El Tiempo, the feared neo-paramilitaries told locals in Arboletes, Antioquia and Valencia, Cordoba they are expected to take part in the protests organized by the conservative opposition already plagued by numerous accusations of ties to paramilitary death squads.
Additionally, said the newspaper, the Urabeños have been pressuring local journalists to promote Sundays march, during which Uribe and his Democratic Center party seek to express their opposition to peace talks with leftist rebel groups FARC and ELN, and the governments economic policy.
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http://colombiareports.com/162814-2/