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In his soon to be released book, extradited paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” backs up accusations by other paramilitary leaders that Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos had ties to paramilitaries, Noticias Uno reported Monday.
“Jorge 40” is the third former paramilitary leader, along with “El Aleman” and Salvatore Mancuso, to claim that Santos was involved with paramilitary groups.
Mancuso alleges that demobilized paramilitary organization the AUC and Santos had a plan to form a paramilitary group in the capital Bogota.
Santos maintains that the accusations are part of a conspiracy to discredit him, and says that the word of a criminal can not be trusted.
