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Drug gangs included in beneficiaries of peace deal: report

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September 11, 2017 2:56 AM

Colombian media reported Sunday that 25 drug traffickers wanted by US authorities had tried to slip through the hands of the courts under a peace accord with FARC rebels.

The jailed traffickers were on a list handed over by the force, of people allowed to benefit from special alternative sentences under the accord, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported.

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It quoted government peace commissioner Rodrigo Rivera as saying that any FARC member found to have helped drug traffickers get on the list would lose his benefits under the accord.

A FARC representative declined requests for comment.

The FARC disarmed last month under the peace accord, after a half-century armed campaign financed by drug trafficking and extortion.

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