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Weekly Report - 28 June 2005
Colombian law grants demobilised paramilitaries short confinement and shield against extradition
Save a few formalities, Colombia's paramilitary leaders are now ensured fairly light sentences - if convicted - for crimes committed while up in arms, deemed 'political' offences, and are virtually guaranteed that they will not be extradited to the US on drug-trafficking charges. The government of President Alvaro Uribe now faces the uphill task of persuading those who are funding his anti-drugs and counter-insurgency efforts that this is not, as critics claim, as an 'impunity charter'.
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