Violence has ebbed under Uribe, who has used billions in U.S. aid to weaken guerrillas engaged in Latin America’s oldest insurgency. But rebels and renegade paramilitaries are still fighting in remote areas, financed by the huge cocaine trade.

The 14 were escorted in handcuffs and body armor aboard a plane after early morning raids on their jail cells. Among them were some of the most feared militia bosses accused of killing thousands in the bloodier days of a four-decade conflict.

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