Two Colombian paramilitary leaders will be sentenced in Miami federal court on drug charges. Some victims say the Miami case hurts their quest for justice. Right-wing warlord and drug trafficker Ramiro ''Cuco'' Vanoy took the stand in Colombia's special peace court this past spring and calmly told a mother that her son's body was tossed in the river after he stole a rifle. Another mother testified that she found her son's leg and wanted to know if Vanoy knew where to find the rest of his remains. The former commander of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia's (AUC) Miners Bloc, who had admitted to about 200 murders, said he would look into it. Vanoy and Francisco Javier Zuluaga-Lindo -- the former commander of the AUC's Pacific bloc who's better known as ''Gordo Lindo'' -- will be sentenced on drug charges Thursday...
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