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COLOMBIA: Bad Guys Moving On
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| 2005 Jun 15
Posted on 06/15/2005 12:49:57 PM PDT by Wiz
June 15, 2005: The governments increasing success against rebel and drug gangs has induced more and more of the drug business to move to nearby Peru and Bolivia. The Colombian drug gangs, and the rebel organizations (FARC, ELN, AUC) that evolved into support organizations for them, are also going international. In the last year, drug production fell eleven percent in Colombia, while going up 35 percent in Bolivia and 23 percent in Peru.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bolivia; columbia; communitsts; latinamerica; nacrotics; peru; socialists; southamerica
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:50:00 PM PDT
by
Wiz
To: El Conservador
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posted on
06/15/2005 12:55:52 PM PDT
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on.....)
To: Zeppelin
Did the 3 Americans ever get released by the FARC? I saw a documentary on them (done in 2003), but never heard if they were released.
To: VA_Gentleman
Not sure. My roommate is from Colombia, he would probably know. Private message me as a reminder to ask him later.
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posted on
06/15/2005 1:35:03 PM PDT
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on.....)
To: Wiz; hchutch; Tailgunner Joe; Clemenza; wardaddy; Commander8; Txcoastman; Caipirabob; Calusa; ...
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posted on
06/15/2005 2:09:26 PM PDT
by
El Conservador
("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
To: VA_Gentleman
No, they are still held hostage. We just held a commemoration a while back for the second anniversary of their capture. I also recently attended a dedication ceremony for a military hangar named for the two men killed in the same plane crash landing. Very sad.
The FARC, ELN, and AUC are very bad guys and must be dealt with, one way or another.
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