Rebel commanders are seeking assurances from Washington that if they sign a peace deal with the Colombian government, the United States will not be an obstacle to implementing agreements reached at the table.
In Giraldo, he faces a quality Colombian who is at home on the clay, but obviously an opponent against whom he can fancy his chances on any given day.
The claims will be argued with reference to contractual and extra contractual liability under Colombian law.
Barely educated, though reputedly highly intelligent, Chapo rose to become a second-tier drug lord in the late 1980s, a time when Sinaloa-based Mexican traffickers were taking advantage of the new opportunities opened by the need of Colombian cartels to move their drugs through Mexico following US success at shutting down Caribbean routes.
The leading goalscorer was the Colombian Jackson Martínez of Porto, with 20 goals in 30 matches.
The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, immediately celebrated the accord, saying in a statement that government peace negotiators would return to Havana as soon as all the prisoners were released.
Leftist Farc rebels, from Pauline Vega's native Colombia, want her to visit them in Havana, where they are trying to negotiate a peace deal with the Colombian government.
The last time a Colombian wore the Miss Universe crown was in 1958, a year in which the country began a brief period of peace following a bloody partisan war known simply as "The Violence".
Mohamed Salah is expected to move to the Italian club on loan, with Chelsea meeting his wages, though the bulk of the transfer fee for the Colombian will effectively be met by André Schürrle's imminent departure for Wolfsburg.
Covert aid from the CIA and National Security Agency has reportedly helped Colombian government forces kill dozens of rebels leaders.
But the guerrillas' recent actions have infuriated Colombian officials.
