More Colombia lawmakers to testify in militia probe
Colombia’s supreme court on Tuesday called four congressmen to testify about a 2001 accord they signed with illegal right-wing militia leaders, fueling the country’s worst political scandal in years. The move followed the jailing late last year of three legislators from parties friendly to President Alvaro Uribe, a conservative U.S. ally popular for cutting crime as part of his crackdown on drug-running Marxist rebels. Full Story