Former drug lord “El Tuso,” who went on record to testify against former President Alvaro Uribe for paramilitary ties, was reportedly released from a federal prison in the United States.
El Tuso, whose real name is Juan Carlos Sierra Ramirez, was released from prison on March 14 of 2013, according to records kept by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The drug lord claimed to be a member of the paramilitary organization, AUC, and demobilized under this false pretense via the Justice and Peace law to receive benefits.
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In February of 2012, video footage of a six-hour interrogation of El Tuso emerged, where the paramilitary claimed Alvaro Uribe
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