LatinNews Daily - 19 May 2010

Colombian candidates back Santos

Andean 24 May 2010 Modified: 24 May 2010 173 views

Development: On 18 May the six leading Colombian candidates for the 30 May presidential election expressed their support for Juan Manuel Santos, the former minister of defence (2006-2009) and presidential candidate for the ruling Partido de la U, over a criminal case against him in the Ecuadorean province of Sucumbí­os for the extraterritorial bombing of a Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) camp on 1 March, 2008.

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