Colombia paramilitaries wanted force in Venezuela to fight FARC
Colombia paramilitaries wanted force in Venezuela to fight FARC
Aug 4, 2014 posted by Adriaan Alsema
Colombian paramilitary group AUC was planning the creation of a Venezuelan force to fight border-crossing FARC rebels in the neighboring country, a Colombian court has confirmed according to newspaper El Tiempo.
While sentencing paramilitary warlord “Julian Bolivar,” one of the founders of the Caribbean-based “Central Bolivar Block” of the AUC, the court confirmed testimonies of witness paramilitaries that the AUC block was planning the incursion until 2003 when “Gustavo Alarcon,” another Central Bolivar commander was killed in Santander, a border state.
According to the court, this “international front they wanted to create was designated the name of Jose Antonio Paez, a top figure in Colombia’s struggle for independence against the Spaniards.
“The project continued until April 18, 2003 when Alarcon was killed while attending a meeting in Puerto de la Cruz in the state of Anzoategui” in northeast Venezuela.
According to the court, the AUC had already sent fighters, 45 rifles and 10,000 compartments to Venezuela, but withdrew these after the death of Alarcon who was allegedly meeting with arms traffickers.
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-paramilitaries-wanted-force-venezuela-fight-farc/
