We have shown, given these last three years, that we were succeeding in fighting terrorists. While during the first 30 years of the former governments they didn't.

implacable in fighting against corruption.

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages.

Many people, myself, had confidence in Montesinos because (he) succeeded very much with fighting terrorism and narcotics,

At the beginning, because the lives of the hostages were at stake, then during this silent period we have taken several measures like not accepting the ultimatum of the terrorists threatening to kill our foreign affairs minister.

I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States. I do not have the legal power to pardon terrorists and even if I did, I would not use it.