The Secret History of Colombia’s Paramilitaries and the U.S. War on Drugs - The New York Times
Deborah Sontag
” But as she and other human rights advocates saw it, it did matter: Crimes against humanity outrank drug crimes, and the United States could have indicted the men for crimes of torture, too — or simply given the Colombian transitional justice system a chance.
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