Chief Colombian paramilitary warlord sentenced to 16 years in US prison
Chief Colombian paramilitary warlord sentenced to 16 years in US prison
Posted by Emma Rosser on Jul 1, 2015
Salvatore Mancuso, once the supreme leader of paramilitary organization AUC, was sentenced to almost 16 years in US prison on Tuesday for drug trafficking.
Mancuso, a.k.a. “El Mono,” was sentenced to 15 years and 10 months by Judge Ellen Huvelle for his involvement in the transportation of cocaine, as a part of operations that funded the AUC, a paramilitary umbrella group accused of tens of thousands of human rights violations committed during the group’s existence between 1997 and 2006.
The former AUC head has already served seven years in US prison, leaving him just under nine remaining. With good behavior this could reduce the remainder of his time to serve to four and a half years. Mancuso is Colombia’s highest ranking ex-paramilitary official still alive today.
During his leadership within the AUC he commanded at least eight paramilitary groups that perpetuated mass killings across the country with reports of 1,426 crimes committed, including 175 cases of rape and sexual abuse, 609 forced disappearances, 405 cases of forced displacement, 149 counts of illegal recruitment and 87 cases of homicide.
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http://colombiareports.com/chief-colombian-paramilitary-warlord-sentenced-to-16-years-in-us-prison/
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