Colombia Hands FARC
Commander to U.S.
A commander of the rebel
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombian (FARC)
was extradited to the
United States on
Thursday, Colombian
officials said.
Erminso "Mincho" Cabrera
was placed under the
custody of the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Agency (DEA
early Thursday at
Bogota's Catammilitary
base.
He was the commander of
FARC's 14th Front and
finance chief and was
captured in December,
2004 in central
Colombia.
Washington accuses
Cabrera of having sent
10,000 kg of cocaine to
different countries each
month.
Cabrera is under
investigation for
trafficking weapons for
the FARC and owning
properties used for
processing cocaine.
He is the third FARC
member to be extradited
to the United States.
Other two FARC members
known as "Sonia" and
"Simon Trinidad" remain
imprisoned in the United
States on drug
trafficking charges.
The FARC expects to
recover the three
arrested members in an
eventual exchange for
hostages it has
kidnapped. |
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