Colombian drug suspect Carlos Mario Jimenez extradited to U.S.
May 8, 2008 | 9:04
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The Colombian government Wednesday extradited a right-wing paramilitary leader to the United States, where he will face drug trafficking charges, reports Chris Kraul.
Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias Macaco, had surrendered as part of a paramilitary demobilization program that by 2006 had seen 31,000 militia members and leaders lay down their arms, a keystone of President Alvaro Uribe's plan to end this country's four-decade-long civil war. Read on here.
