Colombia calls on US to extradite warlord over fears he will escape justice

Colombian officials fear Salvatore Mancuso may be deported to Italy, where he also holds citizenship, and may not be tried for crimes

Colombia has requested the extradition of a notorious paramilitary warlord jailed in the US on drug charges, amid fears that he may be deported to Italy - and escape justice for human rights crimes in the Andean nation.

Salvatore Mancuso, 56, led a right-wing paramilitary group which carried out some of the worst violence against civilians during Colombia's decades-long civil war.