Prime suspect in FARC drug trafficking case vanishes after trip to US: report
Source: Colombia Reports
by Jarrod Demir April 20, 2018
The prime suspect in a drug trafficking case implicating the ideologue of Colombias demobilized FARC guerrilla group has disappeared from the US prison information system, according to local media.
Marlon Marin, the nephew of FARC leader Ivan Marquez, was arrested in Colombia last week on claims that he had arranged to sell 10 tons of cocaine to alleged Mexican emissaries with at least one undercover DEA agent.
According to Colombian media, Marin appeared in the US prison system database after the prime suspect in the case agreed to turn state witness and testify against Jesus Santrich, the ideologue of his uncles guerrilla organization.
According to audio released by Colombias prosecution, Santrich agreed to vouch for his fellow-guerrillas nephew and met with the DEA agent twice at his home in Bogota.
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