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Jesus Santrich (centre) talks with Ivan Marquez (left)
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BLIND Colombian former Farc liberation movement negotiator Seuxis Hernandez, best known as Jesus Santrich, has gone on hunger strike after his surprise arrest yesterday.
A US extradition warrant accuses him of trying to smuggle several tons of cocaine into the US.
More than 100 former guerillas and Farc sympathisers gathered to demand his release late last night outside the heavily guarded prosecutors’ bunker where Mr Santrich is being held.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
With Petro, Colombia has been making huge strides towards peace — but is all that at risk with the elections next year? MARK ROWE reports back after joining a delegation to the Latin American country
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA