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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 04:36 PM Jun 2014

Former paramilitary commander sentenced to 40 years in Colombia prison

Former paramilitary commander sentenced to 40 years in Colombia prison
Jun 20, 2014 posted by Oliver Sheldon

Former paramilitary leader Ramon Isaza, alias “El Viejo,” has been sentenced to 40 years in a Colombia prison for crimes committed over the course of a 30-year career, reported local media on Friday.

Ramon Isaza, former commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) of Magdalena Medio, along with four other former commanders from different fronts of the same bloc, were tried for crimes committed during the years 1997-2006, reported Colombia’s Caracol Radio.

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The court sentenced Isaza to 40 years in prison on charges of aggravated murder, murder of protected persons, torture of protected persons, extortion, terrorism, forced displacement, forced disappearances, and illegal recruitment.

As the former head of the AUC, El Viejo led the notorious paramilitary bloc that waged a brutal war against Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel. He had previously said that any of Escobar’s men found in one of the regions controlled by paramilitaries would be subject to torture before being killed.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/former-paramilitary-commander-sentenced-40-years-prison/

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Former paramilitary commander sentenced to 40 years in Colombia prison (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2014 OP
I'm glad some countries prosecute WhiteTara Jun 2014 #1
This wouldn't have happened if the US puppet, Alvaro Uribe, were still in charge. Judi Lynn Jun 2014 #2
Sometimes the butterflies wings flap just right WhiteTara Jun 2014 #3

Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
2. This wouldn't have happened if the US puppet, Alvaro Uribe, were still in charge.
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 07:16 PM
Jun 2014

Kinda gives one the creeps realizing how close Uribe got, through his designated player, Zuluaga, to getting back his power again.

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