Colombia Captures Warlord Blamed for Massacre

[naaman fletcher]

BOGOTA – Colombian authorities captured a former rightist militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of more than 100 peasants a decade ago, the government said Tuesday.

The apprehension of Luis Francisco Robles Mendoza took place last weekend in a rural area of the northern province of Cesar, Colombia’s DAS security agency said on its Web page.

Robles faces 12 outstanding arrest warrants for aggravated homicide and criminal conspiracy, among other offenses.

DAS and the Attorney General’s Office say he “actively” participated in the February 2000 slaughter of more than 100 peasants in the rural community of El Salado.


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Glad to see Santos taking out the trash.