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 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Authorities were pressuring a top paramilitary commander Friday to surrender and face allegations he ordered hit men to kill his warlord brother, a founder of the right-wing militia and one of the most famous figures in Colombia's four-decade civil war.
Vicente Castano is accused of masterminding the murder of his younger brother, Carlos, the co-founder of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, who disappeared in 2004.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that fellow AUC members executed Carlos, believing he was going to negotiate with U.S. authorities for a more lenient sentence by informing on other commanders involved in drug trafficking and revealing their smuggling routes.
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