Swing voters

Mr. Mancuso also put Mr. Uribe [the president of Colombia] in the spotlight by saying that militias pressured people to vote for the president in 2002, when Mr. Uribe was first elected...a document rumored to exist in recent weeks was published in the daily newspaper El Tiempo on Friday.  It describes a secret pact in 2001 between Mr. Mancuso, other paramilitary leaders and 11 congressmen, two governors and five mayors, in which those present agreed to work together to forge “a new social contract,” largely in order to protect private property rights.

Here is the full story, which further explains why this nation does not have peace.  The paramilitaries are interest groups and traders, not just guys with guns.  I believe we are seeing just the beginning of these revelations...