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Francisco Santos Calderon
Francisco Santos Calderon also known as Pacho Santos born in the city of Bogota, is a Colombian politician and journalist. Santos was elected as Alvaro Uribe's second runner up and became Vice President in the Colombian elections of 2002. Santos was re-elected in the presidential elections of 2006 for a second term once again with President Uribe to continue as Vice President of Colombia.
Biography
Kidnapping
In 1990 the Medellin Cartel led by Pablo Escobar kidnapped him to pressure the Colombian government to revert its support of druglords' extraditions to the United States. After his release Santos spent two years ...
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