Bribery charges make FARC leader's extradition case even weirder
by Adriaan Alsema March 4, 2019
Colombias prosecution arrested two politicians and a prosecutor of the war crimes tribunal on bribery charges on Friday, claiming they sought to influence the extradition case of an important former rebel leader.
The arrests were announced hours after the United States government said it would not surrender evidence to support its vague claim that the FARCs long-time ideologue Jesus Santrich tried to smuggle drugs after his demobilization in 2017.
The bribery claims and the American governments refusal to cooperate with the war crimes tribunal are only the latest plot twists in a mystery-ridden extradition process that has devastated Colombias peace process.
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The DEA evidence, or lack thereof
The US governments refusal to surrender evidence to the war crimes tribunal fuels doubts about the veracity of the claim that Santrich agreed to export drugs in a meeting with an undercover DEA agent.
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