Comments on: Three good books http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348 Peace, security, human rights and the U.S. role in Latin America, from the Center for International Policy. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:36:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jaime Bustos http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348&cpage=1#comment-8441 Jaime Bustos Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:53:27 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348#comment-8441 Interesting, thanks Adam. Interesting, thanks Adam.

]]> By: Adam Isacson http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348&cpage=1#comment-8440 Adam Isacson Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:44:50 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348#comment-8440 "Doblecero" says that Castaño's plan was to have the paramilitaries take over the entire drug trade, then redeem the AUC by making an offer to the United States to dismantle Colombia's drug trade once and for all. But Colombia's drug trade, he argues, turned out to be too big a pill for Castaño to swallow, and the drug lords took over. “Doblecero” says that Castaño’s plan was to have the paramilitaries take over the entire drug trade, then redeem the AUC by making an offer to the United States to dismantle Colombia’s drug trade once and for all.

But Colombia’s drug trade, he argues, turned out to be too big a pill for Castaño to swallow, and the drug lords took over.

]]> By: Jaime Bustos http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348&cpage=1#comment-8438 Jaime Bustos Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:37:43 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1348#comment-8438 This double zero guy has always been underreported in the Colombian media. I did not even know his real name, but knew he was a hotshot in those bands. We are already fed up to our hats with aliases coming up everyday on headlines in Colombian newspapers and magazines, from leaders in different irregular groups, ranging from "macaque" to "big-nose", and were it not because we are used to it, one would say that people in Colombia are called by their aliases. But the new info for me is that Castano really sided up with narcos, what has been belied by every Colombian reporter and even in a book supposedly by his own authorship, and allegedly was one of the reason for getting himself whacked (not surrendering to narcos). If that is in fact the case, it enlightens and gives more credence to my personal belief (call me whatever you want, I have my own opinions and do my own research, thank you), but this guy did not die nor did his brother. Not at least in the way we all know and accept. Thanks for the book repertoire. It adds confusion but at the same time gives us some clues to follow on. This double zero guy has always been underreported in the Colombian media. I did not even know his real name, but knew he was a hotshot in those bands. We are already fed up to our hats with aliases coming up everyday on headlines in Colombian newspapers and magazines, from leaders in different irregular groups, ranging from “macaque” to “big-nose”, and were it not because we are used to it, one would say that people in Colombia are called by their aliases. But the new info for me is that Castano really sided up with narcos, what has been belied by every Colombian reporter and even in a book supposedly by his own authorship, and allegedly was one of the reason for getting himself whacked (not surrendering to narcos). If that is in fact the case, it enlightens and gives more credence to my personal belief (call me whatever you want, I have my own opinions and do my own research, thank you), but this guy did not die nor did his brother. Not at least in the way we all know and accept. Thanks for the book repertoire. It adds confusion but at the same time gives us some clues to follow on.

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