Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
Bogota, Colombia (AHN) - A paramilitary warlord was extradited Wednesday to the U.S. to face trial on charges of drug trafficking, money laundering and supporting terrorist groups.
Carlos Mario Jimenez, whom Bogota accused of selling drugs and leading militias while in prison, was flown to Washington from a Bogota airport aboard a Super King 350 plane shortly after midnight.
The extradition came hours after Colombia's top judicial panel overturned a decision of the Supreme Court preventing the warlord from leaving the country until he admits to his crimes and compensate his victims.
Colombian authorities also seized Jimenez's properties and belongings, including 25 homes, 23 vehicles and six businesses with a combined worth of $20 million.
Jimenez, 42, surrendered in December 2006 as part of a peace deal between the government and paramilitaries. The deal also required the paramilitary fighters and leaders to confess to their crimes in exchange for short jail terms.
However, Jimenez was stripped of his benefits and became the first among 50 uncooperative warlords to be extradited to the U.S.
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