In May 2004, Venezuelan authorities arrested hundreds of alleged Colombian paramilitaries on a farm near Caracas, accusing them of planning a coup to topple the Chavez government and attempting to kill the president.
Hugo Chavez pardoned the group in 2007 as a “goodwill gesture” when he started work as a mediator for FARC prisoner releases.
DAS links to Paramilitaries
2008 claim of former paramilitary
DAS head Felipe Munoz reacted to the allegations against his organization by saying he does “not respond to criminals.”
On Wednesday Colombia’s Prosecutor General said