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September 8, 2006
The paramilitary "extraditables"
Thanks to a communiqué [PDF] put out last week by the Colombian presidency, there is finally a public, more-or-less comprehensive list of paramilitary figures who face U.S. government extradition requests for narcotrafficking. It turns out that there are twenty-four of them.
Ten of them are still at large. Here they are, with photos where available.
| - Vicente Castaño Gil
Alias: "El Profe" Bloc with which he demobilized: Centauros Extradition request: August 2004
Still at large, and wanted for his role in the April 2004 murder of his brother Carlos.
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| - Hernán Giraldo Serna
Aliases: "El Patrón" and "El viejo" Bloc with which he demobilized: Resistencia Tayrona Extradition request: June 2004
Currently residing, along with 24 other paramilitary leaders, in a former recreation center in the town of La Ceja, south of Medellín.
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| - Salvatore Mancuso Gomez
Aliases: "El Mono" and "Santander Lozada" Bloc with which he demobilized: Catatumbo Extradition request: September 2002
Currently residing, along with 24 other paramilitary leaders, in a former recreation center in the town of La Ceja, south of Medellín.
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| - Miguel Angel Mejía Múnera
Aliases: "El Loco" and "El Mellizo" Bloc with which he demobilized: Vencedores de Arauca Extradition request: December 2000
Still at large.
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| - Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano
Aliases: "Don Berna" and "Adolfo Paz" Bloc with which he demobilized: Héroes de Tolová Extradition request: July 2004
In the Itagüí maximum-security prison south of Medellín, facing charges of ordering the murder of a departmental legislator while peace talks were occurring and a declared cease-fire was in place.
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| - Rodrigo Tovar Pupo
Alias: "Jorge 40" Bloc with which he demobilized: Norte Extradition request: July 2004
Turned himself in to authorities on September 4, being held in his home city of Valledupar, Cesar.
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| - Ramiro Vanoy Ramírez
Aliases: "Cuco" and "Marcos" Bloc with which he demobilized: Mineros Extradition request: October 1999
Currently residing, along with 24 other paramilitary leaders, in a former recreation center in the town of La Ceja, south of Medellín.
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(No photo available) | - Heiner Arias Gómez
Alias: "Julián" Bloc with which he demobilized: Vencedores de Arauca Extradition request: March 2004
Still at large.
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(No photo available) | - Nodier Giraldo Giraldo
Alias: "El Cabezón" Bloc with which he demobilized: Resistencia Tayrona Extradition request: July 2004
Still at large.
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(No photo available) | - Edwin Mauricio Gómez Luna
Aliases: "El Pobre Mello" and "El Repetido" Bloc with which he demobilized: Resistencia Tayrona Extradition request: May 2005
Still at large.
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| - Víctor Manuel Mejía Múnera
Aliases: "Pablo Mejía" and "El Mellizo" Bloc with which he demobilized: Vencedores de Arauca Extradition request: February 2002
Still at large.
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(No photo available) | - Martín Peñaranda Osorio
Alias: "El Burro" Bloc with which he demobilized: Resistencia Tayrona Extradition request: June 2004
Still at large.
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| - Guillermo Pérez Alzate
Aliases: "Don Pablo," "Don P," "Pablo Sevillano," and"Guillermo Naranjo" Bloc with which he demobilized: Libertadores del Sur Extradition request: October 2003
Currently residing, along with 24 other paramilitary leaders, in a former recreation center in the town of La Ceja, south of Medellín.
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(No photo available) | - Francisco Javier Zuluaga Lindo
Aliases: "El Gordo" and "Gordo Lindo" Bloc with which he demobilized: Pacífico Extradition request: October 1999
Currently residing, along with 24 other paramilitary leaders, in a former recreation center in the town of La Ceja, south of Medellín.
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(No photo available) | - Juan Carlos Muñoz Gutiérrez
Aliases: "Caliche," "Don John," "Carlos Mendoza," "Uncle," and "Tío" Bloc with which he demobilized: Centauros Extradition request: February 2000 Still at large.
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| - Juan Carlos Sierra Ramírez
Alias: "El Tuso" Bloc with which he demobilized: None; the OAS observer mission does not include him on its list of demobilized paramilitaries. Extradition request: September 2002 Still at large.
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An August 30 article in El Tiempo adds the names of eight additional individuals facing extradition whom the paramilitaries have identified as members of the AUC. All of them already in Colombian jails.
- Álvaro Antonio Padilla Meléndez, alias "El Topo," Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Álvaro Padilla Redondo, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Eduardo Enrique Vengoechea, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Fredy Castillo Carrillo, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Héctor Ignacio Rodríguez Acevedo, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Huber Aníbal Gómez, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Jhony or Jhon Eidelber Cano Correa, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
- Jhon Alexánder Posada Vergara, Bloque Norte.
Posted by isacson at September 8, 2006 3:02 PM
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