Even though its not the first time that Colombians have heard allegations about links between Montoya and the paramilitaries (a site states that Montoya, when he was a lieutenant in the late 70s, was part of an anticommunist paramilitary group known as the Triple A (American Anticommunist Alliance, similar to its Argentine counterpart), which was dennounced by top militaries at the time, according to a now defunct Mexican paper), the fact that an American intelligence agency has an information of this kind is serious, as ruling politicians and Uribes supporters dont believe communist NGOs.
Read full article at: http://colombiaherald.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/colombian-army-commander-allegedly-linked-with-paramilitaries-l-a-times/
Los Angeles Times story: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-colombia25mar25,0,5238580.story
Related (on the Colombian government and USA reaction): http://www.cipcol.org/archives/000427.htm
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