. . . I mean rock star Juanes.

Unbeknown to one of Juanes' biggest fans (that's me) Gov. Bill Richardson met today with Colombian singer Juanes.

No details of the meeting were released in the announcement from the Governor's Office.

Richardson also met with Columbia (not Colombia) University Professor Aldo Civico.  His office said the group talked about the the hostages in Colombia and the prisoner exchange or acuerdo humanitario Richardson is working on. Juanes, touring El Paso and Denver and other regional cities, started a group called Fundacion Mi Sangre that among other things helps eliminate landmines.

Now that boosts the gov's hip factor, I must say...