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Tag: Mauricio Santoyo

Santos and Uribe trade barbs over former security chief

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos claimed Monday that his predecessor Alvaro Uribe personally recommended his now-jailed former security chief for the position of director for two key police units. Uribe “proposed to...

Imprisoned Colombian general could face 30 more years

A disgraced Colombian police general, recently sentenced to 13 years in a U.S. prison, could face 30 more years after new evidence comes to light, local media reported on Tuesday. Mauricio Santoyo, who was convicted of providing...

Ex-Colombian security chief to be sentenced in December

The jailed ex-security chief of former president Alvaro Uribe will be sentenced by a U.S. court on December 7, reported local media Friday. Uribe’s former chief of security, Mauricio Santoyo, will likely face a sentence of...

Santoyo’s victims seek justice from US

The families of two Colombian human rights workers are demanding an investigation from the United States into the disappearance of their relatives in 2000. The Human Rights Unit on Friday sent the U.S. Attorney Office details of...

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