https://freerepublic.com/tag/bananablocs/ en-us Wed, 4 Apr 2007 04:17:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811646/posts BOGOTA, Colombia - Authorities captured a fugitive right-wing warlord Tuesday accused in massacres and of running a murderous criminal band involved in drug trafficking and extortion, officials said. Ever Veloza, one of the few top paramilitary bosses who fled into hiding rather than embrace a government peace deal, was arrested in the turbulent banana-growing Uraba region on the Caribbean coast, police said. Better known by his alias "Hernan Hernandez," Veloza once commanded the Banana and Calima blocs of the United Self-Defense Forces, known by its Spanish initials as AUC. The two blocs are blamed for hundreds of murders of human... AP on Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811646/posts#comment Wed, 4 Apr 2007 04:17:20 GMT