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  • Hugo Chavez Phone Call Allowed Colombians to Locate FARC Camp (Translation)

    03/06/2008 10:13:53 AM PST · by StJacques · 126 replies · 1,834+ views
    El Pais (Cali, Colombia) ^ | March 5, 2008 | Elpais.com.co-EFE
    Telephone Call from Chavez to "Reyes" Allowed Colombians to Locate FARC Camp Elpais.com.co-EFE A telephone call that the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, would have made to the guerrilla leader "Raul Reyes,"1 permitted location of the encampment, according to reports from Colombian intelligence, RCN Radio divulged today. The telephone call took place Wednesday the 27th of February, the day in which four Colombian Congressmen (Gloria Polanco, Luis Eladio Pérez, Orlando Beltrán, Jorge Eduardo Gechem), kidnapped for almost seven years, were liberated.2 "Chavez, emotionally moved by the liberation of the kidnapped prisoners, called Reyes (alias of Luis Edgar Devia) and told...
  • Colombian FARC Guerrilla Convicted of Drug Trafficking in U.S. Court (Translation)

    02/20/2007 3:39:40 PM PST · by StJacques · 15 replies · 862+ views
    El Espectador (Bogota) ^ | February 20, 2007 | El Espectador staff article ( translated by self )
    "Sonia" declared guilty in U.S. The FARC guerrilla Nayibe Rojas Valderrama was found guilty of the crime of narcotics trafficking and on the 4th of May they will inform her of the total of her sentence.   ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, 20 February 2007 Through several days of deliberations, the jury, composed of 12 persons, made the decision in spite of the guerrilla's defense having presented "proof" that she was innocent of the charges of narcotics trafficking. "Nayibe is innocent of having committed any crime against the United States, she is a simple campesina1 who does not have the words to...
  • DEA confirms nexus between Mexican narcotics traffickers & Colombia's FARC Guerrillas (Translation)

    01/31/2007 3:49:44 PM PST · by StJacques · 14 replies · 1,970+ views
    El Universal ( Mexico City ) ^ | January 31, 2007 | Jose Carreño ( translated by self )
    DEA confirms nexus between Mexican narcotics traffickers and the FARC We know the contacts, they assure us; they are confident in the support of the new regime Jose Carreño El Universal (Mexico City) Wednesday 31 January 2007 WASHINGTON. - The United States anti-drug agency (DEA) assured [El Universal] that it knows who the contacts are between Mexican narcotics traffickers and the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The head of operations of the DEA, Michael Braun, assured that the FARC obtains between 500 million and a billion dollars by their drug-related operations [annually]. Narcotics trafficking, he added,...
  • Colombia Presents Evidence that the FARC is Using Ecuador & Venezuela as Sanctuaries (Translation)

    10/23/2006 2:03:06 PM PDT · by StJacques · 17 replies · 501+ views
    El Espectador ( Bogota ) ^ | October 23, 2006 | Staff article ( translated by self )
    Government compiles proof of the presence of the FARC in Ecuador The Foreign Minister, Maria Consuelo Araujo, and the Minister of Defense, Juan Manuel Santos, say they will have shown in brief that the insurgents are taking refuge in Venezuela and Ecuador Sunday, 22 October 2006 Last Thursday, President Alvaro Uribe denounced [the fact that] the guerrillas Raul Reyes, the alias of Luis Eduard Devia, is hiding in Ecuador, and Ivan Marquez, whose true name is Luciano Marin Arango, is doing so in Venezuela. After the statements, Ecuadoran authorities asked the Colombians for evidence that Reyes, the FARC's principal...
  • Colombia's FARC offers to defend Venezuela in case of a U.S. attack (Translation)

    07/25/2006 5:21:31 PM PDT · by StJacques · 19 replies · 449+ views
    elespectador.com ^ | July 25, 2006 | El Espectador ( translated by self )
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Note: Since this is a "portal" site, to specifically locate the original article in Spanish select "Judicial" from the menu bar at left, then scroll down to the article entitled "Las Farc ofrecen defender a Venezuela en caso de invasión estadounidense" and then click "Ver mas" just below the article title and to the right ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colombia's FARC offers to defend Venezuela in case of a U.S. attack (Translation) The active armed group made its offer to Venezuela to fight against the United States if it eventually invades the nation. In a document of greetings released by the FARC1 to...