By Eyder Peralta
Originally published on Mon June 18, 2012 1:39 pm
The United States has indicted a former police general who worked as a security chief for former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.
Ex-Gen. Mauricio Santoyo Velasco is charged with helping major drug traffickers evade the law to import cocaine into the United States. The AP reports Velasco was also on the traffickers' payroll.
The wire service adds:
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