_This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts._ The Colombian government Wednesday extradited a right-wing

paramilitary leader to the United States, where he will face drug trafficking charges, reports Chris Kraul. Carlos Mario Jimenez, alias Macaco, had surrendered as part of a paramilitary

demobilization program that by 2006 had seen 31,000 militia members and leaders lay down their arms, a keystone of President Alvaro Uribe’s plan to end this country’s four-decade-long civil

war. Read on here.