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| Colombia's F.A.R.C. Busted Trying To Buy $3,000,000 in Arms With Counterfeit Money |
| 2004-09-20 |
| September 10th, 2004 A police bust in Cali, Colombia has revealed that the F.A.R.C. (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia) tried to buy a lot of arms with $3,000,000 in counterfeit dollars. The police set up a sting to sell rifles & munitions to members of the Western United Command of the armed group. The Commander of the Cali Police, General Mario Gutiérrez indicated that the faction of the F.A.R.C. guerrillas tried to buy a shipment of arms with three million dollars in counterfeit bills in Cali's downtown district. The official told the radio station R.C.N. that a sting was set up to simulate a sale of rifles & munitions in Cali's downtown, in which eight people were detained, three vehicles seized & in which the counterfeit money was seized. Nevertheless, Gutiérrez affirmed that the police officers that participated in the operation were surprised to discover that the money they recieved from the F.A.R.C. was counterfeit & he added that the bills seem to have been manufactured by the F.A.R.C. themselves. The police indicated that the detained are operatives of the "logistical support network of the Western United Command of the F.A.R.C.," led by "Pablo Catatumbo," one of the members of the F.A.R.C.'s central command structure. Four dozen counterfeit dollar factories have been recently discovered in Cali, including factories capable of manufacturing other types of currency. Around forty million dollars in counterfeit money has been confiscated. According to official studies, at least sixty percent of counterfeit dollars that are confiscated worldwide are produced in this region of Colombia. Cali With EFE.- translated especially for Rantburg by Kentucky Beef |
| Posted by:Kentucky Beef |
| #1 Dispénseme señor, pero no hay 200 dólars, y no hay retrato de Jimmy Carter en lo. |
| Posted by: FARC Chairman 2004-09-20 6:11:15 PM |