Convicted Israeli trainer of Colombia paramilitaries claims CIA ties
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein, convicted in Colombia of training paramilitary forces, has claimed...
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Uribe denies paying for paramilitary training
Ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe rejected accusations by an Israeli mercenary that he helped finance the training of paramilitary groups in the 1980s. Uribe referred to the allegations via his Twitter account as, “an attack...
Israeli mercenary says Uribe paid training paramilitaries
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein says that Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe was among the landowners who financed the training of paramilitary groups in the 1980s. On Tuesday, Klein made the claim that “one of the trainees...
Ramon Isaza reveals gruesome details of war with Pablo Escobar
Notorious former paramilitary Ramon Isaza gave details of how paramilitaries regularly “caught, tortured and killed” members of Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel during their conflict in the late 1980’s. The former...
Liberals wants justice to investigate which president supported creation, training paramilitary groups
Colombia’s Liberal Party said Tuesday it wants the country’s judicial authorities to investigate allegations made by Israeli mercenary Yair Klein who had testified that a Colombian ex-president took part in the...
‘Colombian ex-president paid training paramilitaries’: Israeli mercenary
One of Colombia’s former presidents paid for the extraofficial military training of paramilitary death squads, Israeli mercenary Yair Klein told a Colombian court Tuesday. Klein, convicted in Colombia for training Medellin...
Israeli mercenary extricated from conviction in Colombia
The penalty handed down to convicted Israeli mercenary has officially expired, local media reported Wednesday. According to media reports, a judge representing the Criminal Chamber of the Superior Tribunal of Manizales...
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein trained paramilitary ‘with the approval of the Colombian authorities’
Israeli mercenary Yair Klein claimed his arrival in Colombia in the 1980’s to train paramilitary groups was undertaken with the approval of Colombian and Israeli authorities. The former Israeli lieutenant was interviewed...
Convicted Israeli mercenary free to come to Colombia: Attorney
An Israeli mercenary who was convicted in Colombia for aiding drug cartel and paramilitary killers is free to enter the country after his conviction expired, reported local media Tuesday. According to his lawyer, because...
Colombia calls for Israeli mercenary’s extradition
Colombia Wednesday urged Israel to answer its request to extradite a mercenary freed in November from Russian detention and convicted in absentia here for training right-wing paramilitary squads. “We’ve been waiting...
Israeli mercenary slams extradition request
The lawyer of Israeli mercenary Yair Klein says Colombia’s extradition request will be denied by Israel, Caracol radio reported Friday. The representative of Klein, who has been convicted of training Colombian...
Colombia asks Israel to extradite mercenary
Colombia has filed an official extradition request for Israeli mercenary Yair Klein, who was found guilty of training paramilitaries and drug cartels, according to a press release on the presidential website. The Colombian...
