FARC leader likely to be extradited to US - Mejia faces multiple counts of murder and kidnapping - US says Mejia helped form FARC in the 1960s - Critics want Mejia to face justice in Columbia Heli Mejia Mendoza was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's warden, the one who kept the keys to the chains wrapped around hostages' necks. He publicly admitted to safeguarding dozens of men and women the rebel group kidnapped and kept captive for years, including three American defence contractors rescued last month. Mejia - better known as "Martin Sombra" - was a member of the FARC central general staff, making him the highest-ranking member of Colombia's guerrilla group ever captured, US authorities say. His indictment earlier this month in a Washington DC federal court on terrorism and kidnapping charges comes after a...
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