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Judi Lynn

(160,623 posts)
Tue Nov 13, 2012, 04:20 PM Nov 2012

'Colombian ex-president trained with paramilitaries': Israeli mercenary .

'Colombian ex-president trained with paramilitaries': Israeli mercenary .
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 12:42 Esteban Manriquez

One of Colombia’s former presidents has received extraofficial military training together with paramilitary death squads, Israeli mercenary Yair Klein told a Colombian court Tuesday.

Klein, convicted in Colombia for training Medellin cartel and paramilitary death squads in the 1980s, told a court via teleconference that one of Colombia’s presidents was trained by the paramilitaries.

“One of the trainees was later president of Colombia...he was one of the landowners who paid for the training...I’m not saying the name because you know exactly who it is,” claimed Klein.

Klein's testimony came during the trial of the former paramilitary head of the AUC in Middle Magdalena, "Ramon Isaza."

More:
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/26969-colombian-ex-president-trained-with-paramilitaries-israeli-mercenary.html

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