In the week in which a cashiered army lieutenant colonel and 14 soldiers were convicted of murdering 10 elite counter narcotics police agents in an ambush, a new Front Line report documenting attacks on human rights defenders, trade unionists journalists and judges further illustrates the extent of links between the security services, paramilitary groups and drug traffickers. “Although they are supposed to have demobilised, paramilitary groups continue to engage in killings and disappearances of human rights defenders” said Mary Lawlor Director of Front Line, who led the mission. “Many paramilitary groups with links to the security forces remain in operation” said Lawlor 
