“My information comes from a reliable source. The Colombian government believes it is false…I have links to very good informers that could confirm what I claimed.”
Officially, the Colombian government maintains that domestic intelligence information shows that Castaño (image) is alive and continues as a fugitive. Meanwhile, Manuel Rosales- former presidential candidate and governor of Zulia- put down Rangel’s remarks and said that it was part of a government campaign to smear him.
On a related note, jailed ex-paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso alleged in an interview with Reuters that “veiled interests” in Colombia and abroad benefit from the country’s armed conflict and would not want the civil conflict to end.
Sources (Spanish)- RCN, El Diario/La Prensa, Caracol
Sources (English)- Reuters, The Latin Americanist
Image- Caracol
2 comments:
Rangel is no longer VP.
Thanks anon. The post has been corrected.
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