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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Prosecutors on Friday ordered the arrest of a prominent political boss for alleged involvement in a kidnapping at the heart of a scandal tying Colombia's political elite to right-wing paramilitary groups.
Alvaro Araujo Noguera's indictment came less than two weeks after his daughter, Maria Consuelo Araujo, was forced to resign as Colombia's foreign minister.
Her brother, Sen. Alvaro Araujo Castro, is already jailed on charges of colluding with illegal paramilitaries and orchestrating the kidnapping of a political rival — the same crime for which his father is wanted.
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