Not sure what information sources you have on Castano and UAC, would you cite them?
Otherwise, I'd have to go along with the US Justice Dept. on this one. If Ashcroft wants Castano and Uribe can deliver him, so be it.
Interview withthe Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A47019-2001Mar9¬Found=true
Time Magazine article:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,88786,00.html
The guy doesn't sounds like a typical drug lord or a bad guy, and the guy's surrendering, not running as a fugitive. Heck, last year, he was OFFERING us a bunch of drug lords on a silver platter. I don't know if this is Clintonistas who had some romanticized notion about FARC or ELN, but Castano's never struck me as a bad guy, and his actions are not those of a man guilty of trafficking cocaine.
He's acknowledged shaking down drug lords, and I'd trust him on that, but this indictment is claiming stuff that I find VERY difficult to believe about Mr. Castano, based on the profiles. Drug traffickers would have shot at eradication flights. Castano gave orders AGAINST such an action.
This entire thing does not sound like the Carlos Castano I've picked up from my research.