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-- JM Santos' glory day is Saturday. But there is a blemish -- an Ecuadoran prosecutor on Tuesday asked for his extradition to Quito on charges of homicide (the March 1, 2008 cross-border attack). Has to be the first time any president is inaugurated under such a cloud.
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-- There is a census being taken in Colombia. Everywhere else, a census normally counts people who are living. In Colombia, they are taking a count of NN (No Names, or unidentifed persons) buried in regular and clandestine graves the past two decades.
About 300 mayors of villages, towns and outlying areas are said to have responded, of the 1,103 municipalities that were asked by the government. The number from those 300 mayors is said to be nearing 10,000 cases.
Paz y Justica has recorded 32,348 cases of forced disappearances. (Repeat, 32,348, and last week Paz y Justicia said the actual number might surpass 40,000.
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-- In Spain, Judge Baltazar Garzon said that if the Colombian government does not take action in investigating human rights/genocide abuses, the International Criminal Court may step in.
Just another normal day in the U.S.' closest ally in Latin America.
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