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Judi Lynn

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Wed Mar 6, 2019, 02:03 AM Mar 2019

Bribery charges make FARC leader's extradition case even weirder


by Adriaan Alsema March 4, 2019

Colombia’s 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 FARC‘s long-time ideologue “Jesus Santrich” tried to smuggle drugs after his demobilization in 2017.

The bribery claims and the American government’s refusal to cooperate with the war crimes tribunal are only the latest plot twists in a mystery-ridden extradition process that has devastated Colombia’s peace process.

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The DEA evidence, or lack thereof

The US government’s 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.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/vague-bribery-claims-make-farc-leaders-extradition-case-even-weirder/
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