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ReutersUS asks Colombia to extradite paramilitary warlordThu Oct 25, 2007 8:58pm EDT
BOGOTA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have asked
Colombia to extradite a paramilitary chief wanted on drug
charges after the government said he violated a peace
deal with President Alvaro Uribe, the foreign ministry
said on Thursday.
Carlos Mario Jimenez, known as Macaco, was the first
outlawed militia commander to lose benefits offered for
disarming and ending illegal activities after years of
atrocities committed in the name of fighting left-wing
guerrillas.
Colombian authorities in August said Jimenez would face
extradition after charging the paramilitary chief had kept
on organizing drug trafficking from his jail cell in breach
of the accord that had offered short sentences for
surrender.
"The formal request was received from the U.S. embassy
for the extradition of Carlos Mario Jimenez," the foreign
ministry said in a statement.
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