Andean Group - June 2012 (ISSN 1741-4466)

“Little can I say without knowing the details”, was the response of Police General Mauricio Santoyo Velsaco to the news that he had been charged by a US court for alleged collusion with the right-wing paramilitary group Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC). The Colombian authorities, however, are bracing for an imminent international arrest warrant aimed at Santoyo’s extradition. President Juan Manuel Santos said: “I can’t make assumptions, but if they [US authorities] are requesting him it must be for a reason. The important thing is that he goes and answers, for the good of the institution [the national police] and the country”.

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