Manuel Uribe, a former mechanic, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world's heaviest man when he weighed 560kg - the weight of a small truck.

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The government of Juan Manuel Santos, who replaced Mr Uribe last August, sees these outfits as the biggest security threat it faces.

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The defence minister, Juan Manuel Santos, one of Mr Uribe's most loyal lieutenants and a possible candidate to succeed him if, that is, Mr Uribe decides not to seek a third consecutive term in 2010 was in Washington for meetings with members of President Barack Obama's cabinet when the scandal broke back home.

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