US arrests Colombia’s fugitive former agriculture minister
written by Adriaan Alsema August 24, 2016
The United States arrested Colombia’s fugitive former agriculture minister who in his home country is facing a 17-year sentence for the embezzlement of millions of dollars in tax money.
The arrest was announced on Wednesday by former President Alvaro Uribe, who has seen an increasingly large number of allies disappear behind bars because of their involvement in corruption scandals or ties to far-right paramilitary groups.
The announcement came hours after Uribe’s main political enemy, President Juan Manuel Santos, hit the headlines successfully finalizing peace talks with the country’s largest guerrilla group, FARC.
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