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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.

  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
(No photo available)
  1. Heiner Arias Gómez

    Alias: "Julián"
    Bloc with which he demobilized: Vencedores de Arauca
    Extradition request: March 2004

    Still at large.
(No photo available)
  1. Nodier Giraldo Giraldo

    Alias: "El Cabezón"
    Bloc with which he demobilized: Resistencia Tayrona
    Extradition request: July 2004

    Still at large.
(No photo available)
  1. 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.
  1. 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.
(No photo available)
  1. Martín Peñaranda Osorio

    Alias: "El Burro"
    Bloc with which he demobilized: Resistencia Tayrona
    Extradition request: June 2004

    Still at large.
  1. 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.
(No photo available)
  1. 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.
(No photo available)
  1. 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.
  1. 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.

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.

  1. Álvaro Antonio Padilla Meléndez, alias "El Topo," Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  2. Álvaro Padilla Redondo, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  3. Eduardo Enrique Vengoechea, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  4. Fredy Castillo Carrillo, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  5. Héctor Ignacio Rodríguez Acevedo, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  6. Huber Aníbal Gómez, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  7. Jhony or Jhon Eidelber Cano Correa, Bloque Resistencia Tayrona;
  8. Jhon Alexánder Posada Vergara, Bloque Norte.

Posted by isacson at September 8, 2006 3:02 PM

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