César Gaviria in “Unfinished Business”

César Gaviria

It has long been our government's policy to deal with every man equally in the eyes of the law. So - [hushed whispers] Colombians say God made our land so beautiful it was unfair to the rest of the world. So to even the score, God populated the land with a race of evil men. The primary impediment to a free and uninhibited future is the violence and terror that currently grips our beloved country. A violence initiated by these evil men will be brought to justice in the name of decency and in the memory of Luis Carlos Galán. We will extradite. This decision will not come from fear. It has come from a clarity of judgment free from the cloud of terror that surrounds us and obscures our view. I can say only one thing to Colombians in these times of peril: There will be a future.