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Weekly Report - 25 January 2007
New impetus to ELN peace deal could ease parapolitical pressure
The conditional release of Francisco Galán, a senior member of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), after more than 15 years in prison could give momentum to the peace deal currently being brokered between the government and the smaller of Colombia's two guerrilla groups. It comes at a time when President Alvaro Uribe's democratic security policy (DSP) is facing mounting pressure as links between paramilitaries and public officials become more explicit. Any deal with the ELN will not be sealed overnight but it would provide a welcome respite from the unfolding parapolitical scandal and vindicate the
DSP.
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