Colombia Arrests Brother of Current Interior Minister Valencia

miamimike says on Sep 26, 2008, 04:00:

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The brother of Colombia's powerful interior minister was arrested Thursday as a scandal over ties to outlawed paramility drug gangs spread among Colombia's ruling elite.

Guillermo Leon Valencia is being investigated for possible illegal enrichment and use of privileged information in contacts with the gang of a top paramilitary leader, according to prosecutors and his defense attorney.

Valencia is the brother of Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia Cossio, who is in charge of domestic political affairs and who was heading the president's office on Thursday since President Alvaro Uribe was travelling abroad.

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