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	americas.org - Tapes on Killings Leaked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the tapes, parts of which were broadcast by local media, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said he and his team had heard complaints by residents that murders were being committed in the 230-square-mile safe haven in northwest Colombia.
		Talking on local radio Monday, Restrepo said the victims of one of the killings was a 15-year-old boy who, according to local residents, was accused of raping young girls.
		Restrepo tacitly acknowledged the taped conversations were authentic when he expressed surprise that they had been leaked to the media.
	www.americas.org /item_16530 (511 words)

	Plan Colombia and Beyond: The conscience of an uribista
		Parody has said she even believed that President Uribe supported the bill, and blames Luis Carlos Restrepo – who as “high commissioner for peace” is the Uribe government’s chief peace negotiator – for steering the government’s position toward conciliation of the AUC leadership.
		In February, after President Uribe sought to assuage donor nations by presenting a draft bill resembling the Pardo-Parody legislation, Restrepo submitted his resignation, citing “a political ambush against the government.” The resignation gambit worked, as Restrepo was steadily able to build a larger coalition of pro-Uribe legislators behind his weaker proposals.
		Restrepo accused her of seeking “to tarnish the Peace Commissioner, fabricating hoaxes together with those in the opposition.” Legislators from the pro-Uribe bloc, egged on by Restrepo, began banging on their desks, whistling and shouting “get out,” among other, less-polite epithets.
	www.ciponline.org /colombia/blog/archives/000115.htm (1534 words)

	COLOMBIA WEEK: Independent News and Analysis (August 9, 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Luis Fabio García, chief of the Army’s 2nd Division, called Jorge Prieto, Leonel Goyeneche and Héctor Alirio Martínez local leaders of the National Liberation Army (ELN), a 5,000-strong guerrilla group active in the oil-rich province.
		Restrepo said any new paramilitary areas would resemble La Ceja, a municipality near the northwestern of Medellín where 800 members of the AUC’s Cacique Nutibara Bloc briefly gathered last November for what was promoted as their demobilization.
		Restrepo on August 6 denied any such agreement and said all the paramilitary chiefs were obligated to remain in the haven.
	www.colombiaweek.org /20040809.html (2610 words)

	Colombia Support Network: Human Rights for Colombia
		Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo and the Colombian ambassador to Cuba, Julio Londono Paredes, are heading up talks with this group with whom they have already held various meetings.
		Carlos Castano's announcement in November that he was stepping down as political leader of the Auto-Defense Groups of Colombia (AUC) opened the way for talks with that group which, since the beginning of 2002, has been under the command of Salvatore Mancuso.
		A few weeks previous to this, Carlos Castano stated that he would not be willing to submit to Colombian justice because he has no confidence in it, but that he would be willing to give himself up to the United States.
	www.colombiasupport.net /actualidad350.html (3533 words)

	'Shameful' Colombian Congress forces through Justice and Peace Law - weekly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Restrepo's attitude towards Parody - and months before with Senator Rafael Pardo - have left a poor opinion of him, because he has shown his true colours and has also shown personality traits that do not help at all in the search for paths for true peace and reconciliation in the country.
		It is time that Restrepo understand that things do not work by force and that attempts to later mollify his image of being a raving intolerant of criticism, with later more moderate public statements, have not worked out for him.
		High Peace Commissioner Restrepo stated that "what was approved is a matter of national and international pride" and announced that he will begin to make tours of several countries with the interior and foreign ministers to explain to the international community the goals and scope of the law.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /mediamonitor/article_1023904.php/... (1307 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Colombia cease-fire fails to end killings - govt
		Chief government peace negotiator Luis Carlos Restrepo, seeking to prevent further breaches, recommended that the government quickly define "concentration areas" where the outlawed paramilitary gunmen could be assembled and monitored.
		The report, prepared by Restrepo's office, stressed that overall paramilitary killings had fallen by 44 percent from the previous year.
		Restrepo's report stressed that the city's homicide rate had fallen fallen 52 percent in January 2004, compared with the same month of 2003, due to the paramilitary demobilization.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/e90e790e5f48e9c7c1256e4000499c08 (449 words)

	Plan Colombia and Beyond: Paramilitary talks: last week's legislative train wreck
		The Uribe government – particularly chief negotiator Luis Carlos Restrepo, who had threatened to resign unless a lenient bill was introduced – got its way on nearly every point.
		Luis Fernando Velasco: “A bill will be approved but the negotiations will not advance.
		Gina Parody: [Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo] “thinks that peace means handing in a weapon, taking a picture and playing the ‘Ode to Joy’ in the background.
	www.ciponline.org /colombia/blog/archives/000087.htm (1091 words)

	Latin American Program @ the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
		In a keynote address, Dr. Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez, Colombia’s High Commissioner for Peace, reiterated the government’s commitment to “democratic security,” based on the strengthening of democratic authority and the establishment of the rule of law throughout the national territory.
		Restrepo referred to the government’s request to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to lend his good offices to a peace process with the FARC, based on a cease-fire and the group’s eventual demobilization and disarmament.
		Restrepo discussed at length various legislative proposals aimed at “the consolidation of the peace process,” including controversial draft legislation (“Ley de Alternatividad Penal”) empowering the president under certain circumstances to request the suspension of judicial sanctions against members of illegal armed groups that had committed serious human rights abuses.
	www.wilsoncenter.org /index.cfm?topic_id=1425&fuseaction=topics.item&news_id=37606 (430 words)

	Colombia militias accept plan to relocate
		Restrepo said they will be allowed to carry personal weapons, if an inventory is submitted to the OAS.
		Restrepo acknowledged that the peace process was muddled since Castaño's disappearance but said that government officials decided they needed to press forward.
		Carlos Castaño leave a kind of cloud, a stain over the process,'' he said.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /auc/relocate.htm (727 words)

	COLOMBIA WEEK: Independent News and Analysis (August 16, 2004) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The government is planning havens for three northeastern paramilitary groups, peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez announces.
		National indigenous leader Luis Evelis Andrade slams government peace negotiator Luis Carlos Restrepo Ramírez for paramilitary attacks.
		Luis Evelis Andrade, president of the Colombian National Indigenous Organization (ONIC), said at a Bogotá news conference August 9 that indigenous groups have faced fewer massacres since Uribe took office in 2002 but more assassinations, arbitrary detentions, threats, disappearances and displacements.
	www.colombiaweek.org /20040816.html (2325 words)

	Colombia government seeks peace talks with left-wing rebels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Government peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo voiced optimism that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) would follow the example set by the right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) whose paramilitaries have begun disarming.
		A second important reason, is that it opens a path of negotiation with the (left-wing) guerrilla groups," Restrepo told reporters.
		Restrepo said the government hopes the church might be able to negotiate a "formula" with the FARC that could lead to a release of FARC hostages, including civilians and military officers.
	www.spacewar.com /2003/031130201031.j7irj5w2.html (333 words)

	Uribe invites leftists to talks - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Government peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo voiced optimism that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) would follow the example set by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), whose paramilitaries have begun disarming.
		Restrepo said the government hopes that the church might be able to negotiate a "formula" with FARC that could lead to a release of hostages held by the group, including civilians and members of the armed forces.
		Restrepo said he hopes the release of the two hostages could lead to peace talks with the group.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20031201-082829-7514r.htm (356 words)

	Diario El Pais - Cali Colombia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		El alto comisionado de Paz, Luis Carlos Restrepo, aseguró ayer que por medio de una ley no se puede propiciar el acuerdo humanitario, que propicie la liberación de los secuestrados.
		Restrepo habló en un foro realizado en la Comisión I del Senado sobre el intercambio humanitario.
		Según Restrepo, "para avanzar en acuerdos humanitarios hay una legislación vigente y son los convenios de Ginebra y el artículo III Común" y agregó que se ha solicitado al secretario general de las Naciones Unidas, Kofi Annan, para que intervenga en una gestión de buenos oficios para abrir un espacio de diálogo.
	elpais-cali.terra.com.co /paisonline/notas/Septiembre192002/A519N1.html (797 words)

	Colombia Human Rights Network Home Page
		Prompting cries of 'impunity,' the Colombian Supreme Court absolves paramilitary chief Carlos Castaño of the 1994 murder of Senator Manuel Cepeda Vargas.
		Reports in El Tiempo says that the tribunal is adding to the impunity rates of the Colombian Justice system as Carlos Castaño has publicly acknowledged on two different occasions that he commanded the operation that killed the Senator.
		While visiting the area, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo reports that the government is negotiating with the peasants in the area, asking them to give up their own land in tenancy to the demobilised troops, El Tiempo reports.
	colhrnet.igc.org /newitems/nov04/abccolwk.n22.htm (1612 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Colombia offers leftist ELN rebels a reciprocal ceasefire
		The proposal was forwarded to the ELN on Wednesday by peace commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo through Mexican Ambassador Andres Valencia, whose government is serving as an intermediary with the rebel group.
		Restrepo said the ELN's proposal for a ceasefire and a national convention as first steps on the road to peace "make it clear that once there is an agreement on the initial phase, it will make a national convention for wide-ranging political and social dialogue a real possibility."
		Restrepo called for "an effective, but not spectacular" peace process with the ELN.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/1e8ace67d2145f4485256ecb002264d1 (516 words)

	Colombia Human Rights Network Home Page
		Colombian Peace-Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo announces that the government will not go to the UN Assembly to present the demobilisation programme of the paramilitaries, rejecting the possibility of international observation and monitoring for the process.
		Cambio magazine reports that despite the lack of political experience of the new Defence Minister, Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarría, he is part of a select group of people, most of which are businessmen from Antioquia and with whom President Uribe consults on a permanent basis.
		Commander of the paramilitaries Carlos Castaño asks the Colombian government to sign an agreement with the US authorities "similar to the one signed between both countries regarding the International Criminal Court" (ICC).
	colhrnet.igc.org /newitems/nov03/abcolwk.n24.htm (1779 words)

	Colombian paramilitary unit pushed to disarm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		''We are in a difficult moment, a critical moment,'' the government's peace commissioner, Luis Carlos Restrepo, told reporters.
		Restrepo said he expected to meet with leaders of the umbrella paramilitary group, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, in upcoming days.
		Restrepo has urged the militia to start gathering in zones of concentration dotted around the country, where the paramilitary groups would be put under the watch of international observers and likely receive the protection of the army.
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /auc/disarm.htm (259 words)

	Colombia Support Network: Human Rights for Colombia
		For High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo or President Alvaro Uribe to speak of pardons for these criminals without establishing a process that will uncover the truth of how the killings occurred and who is responsible for them is simply wrong.
		We are also very disappointed with the attitude taken by the Uribe administration as shown by the public utterances of Commissioner Restrepo who has suggested that a few days of community service will suffice as punishment for crimes the paramilitaries have committed.
		With respect to the leaders of the paramilitaries, particularly Carlos Castano, Salvatore Mancuso and Diego Murillo Bejarano, special consideration must be given to the fact that they are each responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent persons.
	www.colombiasupport.net /paras.html (683 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Latin America/Caribbean / Colombia to halt offensive on rebel group
		Uribe sent a letter late Wednesday to a Mexican diplomat mediating peace efforts asking him to present the proposal to the National Liberation Army, or ELN, government Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said in a statement.
		Restrepo said that if the ELN ends "its actions against the state and civil society, the government will respond similarly...
		Restrepo, however, said the government is not demanding that the ELN surrender its weapons or demobilize its estimated 5,000 fighters as a condition for peace talks.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2004/07/08/colombia_to_halt_offensive_on_rebel_group?mode=PF (398 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Teary Colombian Far-Right Warlord Turns in His Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Salvatore Mancuso, military commander of the illegal United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, sobbed before his uniformed, shaven-headed fighters piled their weapons on wooden racks in Campo Dos, a jungle village in the cocaine-producing Catatumbo region of Colombia's northeastern border with Venezuela.
		Government peace negotiator Luis Carlos Restrepo watched the biggest demobilization so far by the 20,000-strong militia known by its Spanish initials AUC, which human rights groups blame for many of the worst abuses of a 40-year-old war.
		Peace talks with the paramilitaries are key to President Alvaro Uribe's strategy for reducing violence in a conflict which still claims thousands of lives a year.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/4-12-10/24872.html (596 words)

	CTV.ca - Colombian gov't considers talks with rebels- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		FARC spokesman Raul Reyes told a local TV station the rebels are willing to negotiate personally with government Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo in a safe haven.
		The comments gave hope to relatives of those being held hostage by the FARC in the remote jungles and mountains of this South American country.
		"This is the biggest advance we have seen since Ingrid was kidnapped," said Juan Carlos Lecompte, wife of politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was a candidate for president when she was kidnapped in 2002 while campaigning in southern Colombia.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1093912780019_89321980?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (635 words)

	americas.org - $150 Million Needed to Disarm Paramilitaries? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chief peace negotiator Luis Carlos Restrepo said in an interview that Colombia was unable to shoulder the entire cost of the disarmament -- an essential component of Bogota's strategy to end the long years of fighting and stamp out the world's largest cocaine industry.
		U.S. Ambassador William Wood said in March that the fate of the former paramilitary fighters who had been disarmed was unknown.
		Restrepo calculated the cost of demobilizing each combatant at about 20 million Colombian pesos, or $7,285.
	www.americas.org /item_14914 (453 words)

	Colombia, Noticias - News - Nouvelles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PEACE, LUIS CARLOS RESTREPO AND THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND OF JUSTICE, SABAS PRETELT DE LA VEGA ON THE AMNESTY OF 23 FARC GUERRILLA MEMBERS
		The Administration has responded to the request of a group of members of Parliament, some of which are here with us, to take this unilateral step as a gesture of peace and reconciliation.
		These proposals, made by the Government from the beginning of this Administration are still standing.
	www.embajadacolombia.ca /amnesty.htm (1905 words)

	ESPECTADOR EDICIÓN 2005-04-08 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Restrepo admite que fue un ciclo muy complejo, por la indefinición jurídica del tema y las contradicciones entre los comandantes de las Auc.
		Hoy, Restrepo rememora que Pardo calificó la política de paz como “un completo desastre” y le criticó un supuesto “ablandamiento del Gobierno con las Farc y las Auc”.
		Luis Carlos Restrepo hace una pausa, comienza a caminar de un lado a otro, toma varios sorbos de agua y arremete de nuevo: “Es que la gente cree que hacer un proceso de paz es asunto fácil.
	www.elespectador.com /historico/2005-04-08/contenido_MI-1084.htm (1163 words)

	globalinfo.org - Nov 25, COLOMBIA (#26632)
		Participating in the event were Luis Carlos Restrepo, the presidential High Commissioner for Peace, local government officials, and the 800 members of the Bloc.
		Many of the guerrillas who were demobilised in that process, which ended in 1997, returned to the insurgency, says Luis Pardo, former director of Reinserción, a programme for helping the former fighters reinsert themselves into society.
		But Medellín's mayor, Luis Pérez, said that none of the paramilitaries demobilised on Tuesday have charges pending against them for human rights violations and all are truly members of the Bloc, and not common criminals.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=26632 (1129 words)

	Colombia's rightist paramilitaries will keep arms, demobilize in 2005
		is the cessation of hostilities and the concentration" of paramilitary forces in one place as the initial step in demobilizing," Restrepo said.
		The demobilized paramilitaries will remain armed as they mass under government protection from leftist rebels while a peace deal is negotiated and implemented by the end of 2005, Restrepo said.
		The United States has sought the extradition of its top leaders, Carlos Castano and Salvatore Mancuso, on drug charges.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/dl/Qcolombia.RwQR_DlG.html (402 words)

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