Former paramilitary boss Jorge 40 returns to Colombia, will face investigations

FILE PHOTO: Colombian former paramilitary commander Rodrigo Tovar, known as Jorge 40, is escorted by DEA officers from a plane as he arrives at the Opa-Locka airport in Miami, Florida May 13, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A ex-paramilitary leader who served 12 years in the United States for drug trafficking must now face Colombian courts for murders, kidnappings and other crimes allegedly committed during the Andean country's armed conflict, the attorney general's office said.

Rodrigo Tovar, better known by his alias Jorge 40, returned to Colombia on Monday from the United States and was immediately detained by authorities to face 1,486 investigative procedures.