Uribe has his own Plan Colombia called just keep those US dollars coming...

Well I've been goggling around looking for confirmation that Condi Rice really declared an end to Plan Colombia. Haven't found anything yet but this development is interesting.

In response to the US request for extradition of key paramilitary "terrorist", the Colombian government is said to be putting the finishing touches on a plan to "sanitize" the criminal records of key figures in the organizations. The scheme will effectively allow them to keep their wealth and power without suffering more than a two year jail term. All they have to do to cut a deal is plead guilty - they don't even have to elocute their crimes.

Word has it that the Colombian figures they can do pretty much anything with the drug lords and still depend on US drug war funding. It's probably true since our soldiers are in there protecting oil pipelines anyway. The drug war has always been just a cover for this.