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Weekly Report - 24 September 2009 (WR-09-38)
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Uribe opts to disband DAS
Colombia's secret police, Departamento
Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), could soon receive “the Christian burial"
advocated by President Alvaro Uribe's former defence minister, Juan Manuel
Santos, eight months ago. For the first time, Uribe has called for the DAS to be
dismantled, and replaced by a new streamlined agency with fewer
responsibilities. The timing of his announcement could be a response to
criticism emanating from Washington and Caracas.
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