Wanted governor turns himself in
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The governor of a northern state in Colombia surrendered to federal prosecutors, becoming the first opposition politician arrested as part of the widening scandal over links between the country’s political elite and far-right militias.
Chief prosecutor Mario Iguaran had ordered the arrest of Trino Luna, the opposition party governor of the state of Magdalena, for his alleged ties to paramilitary leader Hernan Giraldo. Luna denied wrongdoing.
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