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Top Colombian Far-Right Warlord Freed
Source: Associated Press
Top Colombian Far-Right Warlord Freed
By LIBARDO CARDONA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia — Feb 5, 2016, 5:07 PM ET
Ramon Isaza, a 75-year-old patriarch of the far-right paramilitary bands that killed thousands in Colombia, has been released from prison after serving less than 10 years, it was announced Friday.
Isaza, who was freed Jan. 29, was a founder of the militias created in the late 1970s and early 1980s by ranchers and traffickers seeking to protect themselves from guerrilla kidnappings and extortion. The militias became deeply involved in the drug trade.
The groups, often in collusion with members of Colombia's armed forces, went on the form death squads that targeted suspected rebel sympathizers, union activists and representatives of landless farmers.
The chief prosecutor's office estimates they were responsible for at least 156,000 killings from 1980-2004.
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By LIBARDO CARDONA, ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia — Feb 5, 2016, 5:07 PM ET
Ramon Isaza, a 75-year-old patriarch of the far-right paramilitary bands that killed thousands in Colombia, has been released from prison after serving less than 10 years, it was announced Friday.
Isaza, who was freed Jan. 29, was a founder of the militias created in the late 1970s and early 1980s by ranchers and traffickers seeking to protect themselves from guerrilla kidnappings and extortion. The militias became deeply involved in the drug trade.
The groups, often in collusion with members of Colombia's armed forces, went on the form death squads that targeted suspected rebel sympathizers, union activists and representatives of landless farmers.
The chief prosecutor's office estimates they were responsible for at least 156,000 killings from 1980-2004.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/top-colombian-warlord-freed-36744284
