Security & Strategic Review -May 2007

Revelations keep emerging from the so-called 'parapolí­tica' investigations into the links between the paramilitary organisations and Colombia's political establishment. Separate revelations from the US, pointing to links between high-ranking military officers and the paramilitary, have led to a new suspension of US military aid to the country. Behind the scenes, confessions by demobilised paramilitary are guiding authorities to mass graves where the victims have been buried.