Bail Denied for Colombian Facing Drug, Terror Charges

The Washington Times › January 07, 2005

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A Colombian rebel leader, a wealthy lawyer's son who attended private schools and did graduate work at Harvard University, was ordered held yesterday without bail to face trial on charges of drug trafficking, kidnapping and supporting terrorists.

Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda, a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was extradited to the United States last week aboard a U.S. government aircraft from Colombia. He was ordered held by Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan, who agreed with prosecutors that the Colombian posed a danger to the community and an "extraordinary" flight risk.

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Bail Denied for Colombian Facing Drug, Terror Charges

Palmera, 54, the first FARC leader to face U.S. drug and terrorism charges, is accused in two indictments - one handed up in March and another in May by grand jur...

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