In a cable dated October 24, 2006, significant elements of the JPL – a law which the then interior minister described in another cable as being “difficult to understand, even for Colombians,” – are shown to be deeply flawed, the most prominent being the reintegration efforts.
In the cable, Reintegration Commissioner Frank Pearl cites coordination and implementation problems within government due to divided and overlapping responsibilities
Pearl added that financial resources for reintegration were distributed poorly, with 80% being spent on monthly stipends and administration. This left an insufficient amount for the actual rehabilitation of the ex-paramilitaries.
from the ashes of the AUC.
However, this speculation ignored the factor of his own government’s failures with the JPL to successfully rehabilitate former AUC members.
Colombia’s justice and interior minister admitted Monday that the illegal armed groups have increased their control over large areas of the countryside and within dozens of cities and threaten to influence October’s local elections.