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Armed
Forces Weapons from Argentina, Venezuela,
Peru Found in Colombia
BOGOTA – Colombian police found in the
southwestern province of Nariño a cache of
24 rifles, four machine-guns, cartridge
clips and bullets with the stamp of the
Argentine, Peruvian and Venezuelan armed
forces on them, officials said Saturday.
Nariño police chief Col. William Montezuma
told reporters that the arms “are stamped as
being for the exclusive use of the armed
forces of either Venezuela, Argentina or
Peru.”
The arsenal was found underground in the
rural area of El Ejido, a hamlet belonging
to the town of Policarpa, some 700
kilometers (435 miles) southwest of Bogota.
According to police officials, three people
from the drug-trafficking organization
“Aguilas Negras” (Black Eagles) turned
themselves in voluntarily and initially
handed over three rifles and a pistol.
Later the location of the cache was found
with the rifles that included models R-15,
Ak-47, Fal, G-3 and 7.62 caliber Sniper, the
officials said.
The rifles, machine-guns and 360 bullets
confiscated, together with the three men,
were handed over to the Attorney General’s
Office.
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