Colombia’s Supreme Court has several documents which could reveal more ties between politicians and right-wing paramilitary heads. According to local media reports, prosecutors are looking into papers showing how politicians in northern provinces met several times in 2001 with a paramilitary leader nicknamed “Jorge 40.”
Earlier this week, five congressmen were ordered to give testimony in the “para-politics” scandal that has already led to the arrest of several politicos and even the resignation of a foreign minister. And still nearly 3 out of every 4 Colombians back President Alvaro Uribe. Unbelievable.
Links- RCN, El Tiempo, Reuters AlertNet, The Latin Americanist, Wikipedia, Angus Reid Global Monitor
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