Article: Colombia drug lords offer peace for pardon

BOGOTA Colombia's top drug lords Wednesday offered to halt their terror campaign and stop trafficking in exchange for a blanket pardon, but a Cabinet minister said the government was unlikely to accept any conditions for a truce.

The Extraditables, so called because they are wanted in the United States, issued a statement in Medellin, the nation's drug capital, that said they "accepted the triumph of the state, institutions and the government."

"We accept the prevailing legal order with the hope of obtaining from the government and society the respect for our rights and the reintegration of our families and communities," the statement said.

It was read on the radio by Patricia ...

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