Weekly Report - 26 October 2004

COLOMBIA: Paramilitary-to-soldiers scheme shot down

Andean 29 October 2004 Modified: 26 October 2004 259 views

A proposal to incorporate demobilised paramilitary fighters into the regular army has been shot down from both sides - by the human rights organisations which have consistently denounced collusion between military and paramilitary, and by Colombia's two highest-ranking military commanders. The government says it hasn't yet received the proposal.

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