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Caught in another lie
Don't know if this has been published in English, but JM Santos yesterday admitted that he had met with FARC's Raul Reyes twice, once when peace talks were being held (2002) in San Vicente del Caguan and another time privately in Costa Rica (no date given).
Santos said he had met with the FARC leader under the auspices of then President Andres Pastrana's government.
Today, Pastrana issued a statement saying not so, that Santos had met with Reyes once as a member of the negotiating commission but he never had government permission to meet with Reyes privately.
The statement also says that Santos had met with Carlos Castano, the notorious AUC (paramilitary) leader but give no details.
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'No hubo autorización a Juan Manuel Santos para reunirse con Raúl Reyes': Andrés Pastrana
Santos admitió dos reuniones con Reyes', pero autorizado por el Gobierno de ese entonces.
http://www.eltiempo.com/elecciones2010/juanmanuelsantos/santos-admitio-que-se-reunio-dos-veces-con-raul-reyes-pero-con-autorizacion-del-gobierno_7550067-1 -----------------
Santos was defense minister on March 1, 2008 when Reyes' camp was bombed inside Ecuador.
In other bad news for Santos (who is called "Plucked Eyebrows" by Colombians), an Ecuadoran judge today reopened the case against Santos for the attack. It also names the commander of the Colombian army (Gen. Freddy Padilla) and two other defense officials.