Ex-Rebel hospitalized in Colombia day after polemical arrest
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A former Colombian rebel leader has been hospitalized with signs of altered consciousness a day after being freed from jail and then rearrested in a highly-politicized drug case that has strained relations with the U.S.
Authorities said Saturday that Seuxis Hernández also had wounds on his arms that were earlier described as self-inflicted lacerations. He is in stable condition.
A tribunal investigating war crimes during Colombia's decades-long conflict ruled Wednesday that the former peace negotiator best known by his alias Jesús Santrich should not be extradited to the United States on drug charges.
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But as soon as he was released Friday he was rearrested as part of a new Colombian investigation based on evidence provided in the past 48 hours from U.S. authorities.