Uribe was ‘very good friends’ with paramilitaries: Santos

Uribe was ‘very good friends’ with paramilitaries: Santos
May 23, 2014 posted by Adriaan Alsema

President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday accused his predecessor Alvaro Uribe of having been “very good friends” with paramilitaries active in Colombia between the 1980s until during Uribe’s first term as president (2002-2006).

The president made the comment in a radio interview two days before the elections that according to past polls are likely to see Santos enter a second round run-off with Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who’s been campaigning with Uribe.

Preceding Santos’ latest accusation, analysts had already called the current election the “dirtiest” in recent history over ongoing verbal and legal attacks between Santos, and Uribe and his loyalists.

From friends to foes

Santos used to be defense minister under Uribe, but has increasingly fallen out with his former superior after his first election in 2010 when he appointed a number of Uribe’s political enemies into his cabinet.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/uribe-good-friends-paramilitaries-santos/