{"article":{"id":15563,"heading":"HIDDEN PAST OF EXTREMIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE","author":"Alfredo Castro, ANNCOL","created":"2002-03-15 22:38:00","modified":"2005-08-15 00:55:14","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:55:14","article":"

In mid-February a column in Colombia's second largest newspaper, El Espectador, accused extreme right-wing presidential candidate Alvaro Uribe Velez of having had a close relationship with the now extinct Medellin drug cartel. In particular it is alleged that during his time as mayor of Medellin, Uribe was connected with the famous drug lord Pablo Escobar.























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