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| Warlords' laptops not secured |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 05/29/2008 |
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BOGOTA, COLUMBIA — Laptop computers have become treasure troves of evidence for Colombian investigators probing crimes committed by far-right militias and leftist rebels. So many Colombians were dismayed to learn that prison authorities didn't immediately secure laptops and cell phones belonging to most of the 14 paramilitary warlords who were yanked from cells on May 12 and extradited to the United States to stand trial for drug trafficking. The mishandled evidence has become a national scandal, and the prisons director only made matters worse when he told Colombia's leading newspaper that he had no way of preventing the warlords from continuing to lead criminal networks from their cells. That alleged criminal activity was the reason President Alvaro Uribe gave for ordering the warlords' extradition in a midnight operation that surprised even the prosecutors who have been documenting crimes by both sides in Colombia's civil conflict. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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