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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 Colombias 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 Escobars Medellin Cartel. He had previously said that any of Escobars men found in one of the regions controlled by paramilitaries would be subject to torture before being killed.
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WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)war criminals.
Judi Lynn
(160,211 posts)Kinda gives one the creeps realizing how close Uribe got, through his designated player, Zuluaga, to getting back his power again.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)and there is mercy in the universe!