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Bacchus4.0

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Tue Aug 7, 2012, 08:43 AM Aug 2012

Ecuador arrests prominent FARC guerrilla

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/25423-ecuador-arrests-prominent-farc-guerrilla.html

A prominent FARC guerrilla responsible for providing the rebel group with arms has been arrested in Ecuador, said Colombia police on Monday.

Ecuadorean Police captured Edilson Castro Lopez, alias "Jairo" or "Chicanero," in coordination with Colombian authorities on Sunday as part of joint efforts to combat terrorist activities.

Police said that Chicanero was the guerrilla responsible for coordinating the transportation of 78 firearms that were seized by Colombian and U.S. authorities on July 27. The firearms were meant to be delivered to the FARC's 6th Front, considered one of the biggest and most powerful military units in Colombia's southwest and active in the troubled Cauca department.

The police report claims that Chicanero, 32 years old, has spent the last 14 years of his life as a guerrilla member. He was a part of the FARC's International Commission and allegedly participated in the kidnapping of several police and military members, including the kidnapping of a police mayor in 2007.

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Ecuador arrests prominent FARC guerrilla (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Aug 2012 OP
Good going Ecuador newfie11 Aug 2012 #1
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