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Posted on Wednesday, 08.20.08

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THE WASHINGTON POST

U.S. extraditions raise concerns in Colombia

Fifteen top Colombian paramilitary commanders have been extradited to the United States, raising major concerns among Colombian investigators, victims' rights groups and organizations such as Human Rights Watch, all of whom say complex investigations into paramilitary crimes are being thrown into disarray. With nearly all of the top commanders in U.S. jails, they argue, Colombian detectives and prosecutors have lost their most knowledgeable sources of information about paramilitary groups.
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