Why does the Colombian government disregard opportunities to get to the bottom of the para-politics scandal? Even the scumbag former leaders of the AUC don’t want to see the politicians get away.
Mancuso wants to testify against parapoliticians
http://colombiareports.com/2008/08/21/mancuso-wants-to-testify-against-parapoliticians/#more-2417
Salvatore Mancuso, former head of the AUC and currently held in a U.S. prison, complained to Colombia’s Supreme Court he had never been asked to testify in parapolitics trials, adding he is willing to do so.
The former number one of the country’s paramilitary organization had a five page letter delivered to the Court stating he is willing to testify in court, but never was asked to.
Mancuso wrote he is available to any request to appear as a witness at any time and denied he had refused to cooperate in the trials against congressmen Juan Manuel López and Reginaldo Montes.
“It is not true the lawyer and his defendant refused to sign the authorization. They just were never asked,” the letter said, Caracol Radio reported Thursday.
According to the AUC head, there are people who are seeking to disrupt the peace process and the failure of the demobilization process, making sure “the truth behind the armed conflict will never be known”.
Mancuso was extradited to the U.S. in May after the government accused him and other AUC heads of failing to collaborate with Colombian justice. The warlords are now awaiting trial for drug trafficking.
