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Colombia extradites rebel leader to U.S.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Steven Dudley
BOGOTA, Colombia _ Under heavy military guard that included several helicopters and hundreds of army personnel, the Colombian government extradited rebel commander Ricardo Palmera to the United States on Friday to face charges of drug trafficking, kidnapping and terrorism.
Palmera, also known as Simon Trinidad, is a former banker and a leader of the Caribbean Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, a rebel group that has been fighting the government for four decades.
He was captured in Quito in January, sent to a maximum security prison in Colombia and sentenced in May to 35 years on charges of aggravated kidnapping and rebellion.
Although accusations of FARC involvement in drug trafficking abound, Palmera is the first guerrilla leader to face trial in the United States on such a charge.
He is to be tried in Washington.
The government announced on Dec. 17 that it would not extradite Palmera if the FARC released 63 hostages, including three U.S. contractors, it is holding in jungle hideouts through the country by Dec. 30.
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