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FARC member arrested in connection with supermarket bombing
http://colombiareports.co/farc-member-arrested-connection-supermarket-bombing/Police in the western Colombian state of Choco claim to have arrested the guerrilla responsible for a bombing of a local supermarket that left five people dead and as many as 17 wounded last week, according to national reports.
Said to be a leader in the 34th Front of the FARC, the country’s oldest rebel group, alias “Gordo” stands accused of orchestrating the bombing in retribution for unpaid extortion money. Two of the supermarket employees and the shop owner’s daughter were among those killed in the blast, which went off in the state capital of Quibdo last Tuesday.
A 24-year-old woman was arrested a few hours after the explosion, saying she was paid $25 to leave the package containing the bomb in the supermarket.
Gordo, meanwhile, previously had arrest warrants in his name in relation to terrorism, murder, drug trafficking and carrying illegal firearms and explosives.