The return of Salvatore Mancuso, the man who demobilized Colombia's paramilitaries

by Adriaan Alsema November 26, 2019

Salvatore Mancuso, the former paramilitary leader who led the demobilization of paramilitary group AUC, will not have to go to prison if he returns to Colombia in March next year.

A transitional justice judge on Monday ordered the release of Mancuso, who is currently in the United States where he is serving the last few months of a prison sentence for drug trafficking.

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The extradition did major damage to the peace process and allowed countless businessmen, politicians and members of the security forces to get away with crimes against humanity.

This may have worked for 11 years, but that impunity party will be over once Mancuso in liberty begins spilling the beans about his former associates who went on pretending to be “good Colombians” while he was serving time.

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