Colombian minister investigated for ties to warlord .

[Judi Lynn]

2. Colombian capo's diary alleges payments to dozens of generals, officials and politicians .

Colombian capo's diary alleges payments to dozens of generals, officials and politicians .
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 07:30 Adriaan Alsema

Colombia is investigating whether a former capo of the Norte del Valle cartel had Colombia's former chief prosecutor, a congressman and 16 generals on his payroll, radio station La FM reported Wednesday.

According to the radio station, extradited drug trafficker Juan Carlos Ramirez, alias "Chupeta," noted his monthly payments to state officials in a diary that had been in the possession of Colombian police authorities since 2006 but not handed over to prosecutors until March this year.

In the drug trafficker's diary, Chupeta names the now retired officials and the amount of money they are suspected to have received monthly.

Among the incriminated officials are former Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio -- already facing accusations of ties to paramilitary drug traffickers -- 16 police and army generals, six colonels and two admirals.

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