This week, in what looked like retaliation, Salvatore Mancuso, the top warlord, claimed that Francisco Santos, Mr Uribe's vice-president, and Juan Manuel Santos, his defence minister, had both incited paramilitary actions during the 1990s.

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No, says Francisco Santos, Mr Uribe's vice-presidential candidate.

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Mr. VINCENT SANTOS (Resident, San Francisco): (Through translator) The river is responsible for everything.

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But vintner Santos says the life force of the San Francisco River that runs past his land, quenches his fields, and makes them bloom.

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