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- WORLD, Page 57World NotesCOLOMBIASave It for The Judge
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- Has a group of murderous thugs ever sounded so sweet? "We
- acknowledge the triumph of the state, of the institutions and
- the legitimately established government," said the
- Extraditables, the front group for Colombia's drug traffickers,
- in a communique last week. Admitting defeat in the drug war
- launched by President Virgilio Barco Vargas five months ago, the
- narcolords pledged to surrender their arms and abandon their
- trade if granted "legal guarantees." Translation: immunity from
- prosecution for the spasm of violence they committed in response
- to Barco's crackdown, and freedom from extradition to the U.S.
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- The cocaine gangs have made peace offers before, but the
- Colombian government has never bought them. The day after the
- Extraditables issued their statement through two kidnaping
- victims they had released, Barco's administration rejected the
- dope dealers' overture, telling them to save it for the judge.
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