Will Donald Trump lose patience with Colombia's president, Ivan Duque?
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commander, he was chosen to take up one of the ten congressional seats promised to the guerrilla group by the peace deal that ended the country’s 50-year armed conflict. But Mr Santrich, whose real name is Seuxis Hernández Solarte, could not be sworn in because he was arrested in April last year as part of an American-led undercover operation. A New York court indictment accuses him of conspiring to ship 10,000kg of cocaine to the United States.
Mr Santrich has put Colombia in a difficult position. The country signed an extradition treaty with the United States in 1979. But Mr Santrich is protected by the peace deal, which saysmembers can be extradited only if they committed a crime after December 1st 2016. President Ivan Duque, who was elected on a campaign pledge to modify the peace deal, wishes to extradite Mr Santrich. But his hands are tied.
A month ago the State Department revoked the American visa of John Jairo Cárdenas, a Colombian congressmanMr Cárdenas had revealed details of a meeting with the American ambassador, Kevin Whitaker, in which Mr Whitaker supposedly warned of reprisals if congress did not curtail thefighters. The visa revocation has prompted many Colombians to accuse the United States of political blackmail.
Correction : The original photo above this story was of Iván Márquez, a former FARC leader, not of Jesús Santrich, as implied. This has now been changed. Sorry."Sorry, Uncle Sam"
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