I am surprised to not find any discussion on Narco News or in the narcosphere on Jamundi.
I came across this story on what is one of my most trusted news source's webpages, The Christian Science Monitor.
Here is the link:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0927/p01s04-woam.htm
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The war on drugs: Ambushed in Jamundí
from the September 27, 2006 edition
Why the massacre of an elite US-trained Colombian police team prompted Congress to freeze drug-war funding.
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By Danna Harman | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
The obligatory hook:
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This is a story of those policemen - of the members of Colombia's military that killed them - and of the narcotraffickers that, according to Colombia's attorney general, ordered the hit.
The investigation of the Jamundí massacre to date suggests the reach that Colombia's drug lords maintain today, and has shaken officials in Washington and Bogotá. The US Congress has temporarily frozen funding for Plan Colombia, the $4.7 billion effort to stop the illicit drug trade - and a chorus of disappointed and angry voices in both capitals is demanding an honest evaluation of the US' most expensive foreign aid program outside of the Middle East, six years after it set out to win the war on drugs.
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I had hoped to find significant discussion of this event, but now I hope this link is of use to you.
DK
Rethinking Plan Colombia: some ways to fix it
Submitted September 29, 2006 - 9:08 am by David Keatinghttp://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0929/p01s03-woam.htm l
from the September 29, 2006 edition
Rethinking Plan Colombia: some ways to fix it
By Danna Harman | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
"... Oscar Hurtado, the civilian judge tapped in June, passed the case to a military tribunal in July: "I'm not going to risk my life," he explained. "I feel threatened ... there are no guarantees of my security."
In August, the Attorney General's office angrily sent the case back to Judge Hurtado - who proceeded to check into the hospital, citing heart-related problems.
"This fits squarely with an ongoing pattern of impunity," says Maria McFarland, Human Rights Watch's Colombia researcher. "For years, the Colombian military has had problems with committing human rights abuses ... and it's extremely rare for anyone to get arrested or prosecuted."
Local papers are already dubbing Jamundí another Guaitarilla, in reference to a southwestern town where seven police officers and four civilians were shot dead by the Colombian military in March 2004. In that case, evidence was destroyed, the facts were never aired in civilian court, and the accused soldiers were eventually absolved by a military court. ..."
And WOW! Not one comment on this story... what happened to this place?