H/W SUPPORT CABLE FOR WORLD-BRIEF ODDI 05/237 FOR 13 OCTOBER 2005

• Document Type: FOIA
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00786
• Publication Date: October 13, 2005

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SUBJECT: H/W SUPPORT CABLE FOR WORLD-BRIEF ODDI 05/237 FOR 13
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4. COLOMBIA: URIBE TRYING TO KEEP PARAMILITARY PROCESS ON TRACK
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//PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE'S DECISION TWO WEEKS AGO TO JAIL A SENIOR
PARAMILITARY COMMANDER WANTED IN THE US ON NARCOTRAFFICKING
CHARGES HAS CAUSED PARAMILITARY LEADERS TO SUSPEND PLANS TO
DEMOBILIZE THEIR REMAINING MEMBERS BY YEAREND.
1,000 PARAMILITARY MEMBERS ALREADY HAVE ABANDONED PREPARATIONS TO
DEMOBILIZE.// PARAMILITARY LEADERS TOLD PEACE COMMISSIONER LUIS
CARLOS RESTREPO LAST THURSDAY THAT BEING INCARCERATED IN COLOMBIA
WAS AN "ANTECHAMBER TO EXTRADITION" AND DEMANDED A GUARANTEE THEY
WOULD NOT BE EXTRADITED,
URIBE LAST MONTH INDEFINITELY SUSPENDED THE EXTRADITION OF
SENIOR PARAMILITARY COMMANDER AND MAJOR DRUG TRAFFICKER DIEGO
MURILLO, ALSO CALLED DON BERNA, PROVIDED HE COMPLIES WITH THE
PEACE PROCESS AND COOPERATES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.
URIBE LATER TRANSFERRED MURILLO TO A MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON,
PROBABLY IN RESPONSE TO THE US AMBASSADOR'S CRITICISM OF THE
SUSPENSION.
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SOME PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS (b)(1)
ARE WILLING TO SPEND TIME IN COLOMBIAN JAILS, BUT THEY ALL OPPOSE (b)(3)
EXTRADITION AND WILL NOT DEMOBILIZE FULLY UNTIL THEY RECEIVE
GUARANTEES FROM BOGOTA. (b)(3)
//URIBE PROBABLY WILL TRY TO STRIKE A DEAL TO SALVAGE THE PEACE
PROCESS AND PRESERVE IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURITY GAINED FROM THE
CEASE-FIRE HE BROKERED WITH PARAMILITARY GROUPS, EVEN IF IT RISKS
STRAINING THE CLOSE US-COLOMBIA EXTRADITION RELATIONSHIP.// BOGOTA
IN THE PAST HAS MADE ACCOMMODATIONS TO PARAMILITARIES TO KEEP THEM
ENGAGED AND HAS ALREADY MOVED MURILLO TO ANOTHER MAXIMUM-SECURITY
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PRISON PRISON WHERE PRISONERS WANTED FOR EXTRADITION ARE NOT TYPICALLY
JAILED. URIBE CHARACTERIZES US EXTRADITION REQUESTS FOR
PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS AS THE MOST DIFFICULT OBSTACLE TO THE
PEACE PROCESS, ACCORDING TO SENSITIVE REPORTING.
RESTREPO CALLS WASHINGTON'S (b)(1)
EXTRADITION POLICY "NARROW MINDED." (b)(1))(3)
HOPED TO RESOLVE THE REFUSAL TO DEMOBILIZE WITHIN (b)(3)
10 DAYS. HE ALSO SAID BOGOTA DID NOT PLAN TO FORMALLY CHANGE ITS
EXTRADITION POLICY, BUT IT WOULD REVIEW PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS'
COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PEACE PROCESS BEFORE DECIDING
WHETHER TO EXTRADITE. (b)(3)
//BOGOTA WILL CONTINUE SEEKING US ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE ITS
FLAGGING PROGRAMS TO REINTEGRATE THE 11,000 PARAMILITARY MEMBERS
WHO ALREADY HAVE DEMOBILIZED AND TO SECURE TERRITORY FORMERLY HELD
BY PARAMILITARIES.// BEFORE LAST THURSDAY'S SUSPENSION, BOGOTA HAD
ASKED WASHINGTON FOR $48 MILLION FOR DEMOBILIZATION AND
REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR AND FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO
PUT 10,000 NEW POLICE IN FORMER PARAMILITARY AREAS.
RESTREPO REPEATEDLY HAS TOLD THAT BOGOTA LACKS THE (b)(1)
RESOURCES TO CONTROL FORMER PARAMILITARY TERRITORY, (b)(3))(1)
THE FARC ALREADY IS MOVING INTO SOME OF THESE (b)(3)
AREAS.
-- //FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE BENEFITS AND JOB TRAINING COULD
LEAD FORMER FIGHTERS TO RETURN TO THE BATTLEFIELD.//
THE COMMANDERS OF SOME DEMOBILIZED
UNITS HAVE CONTINUED THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG-RELATED ACTIVITY.
BOGOTA PLANS TO SET UP A JUDICIAL UNIT THIS MONTH TO INVESTIGATE
CRIMES COMMITTED BY DEMOBILIZED COMBATANTS, BUT THE UNIT LACKS
STAFF FUNDING, AND INTERAGENCY SUPPORT
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