Venezuelan President
Refutes Interpol's
Reports
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said
Thursday that Interpol
actually made a "show"
in Colombia by failing
to prove any link
between the Venezuelan
government and
Colombia's rebel groups.
It was a "joke" and a
"charade" to link the
Venezuelan government
with the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), Chavez told a
press conference.
Raul Reyes, FARC's
second-in-command, was
killed on March 1 during
a Colombian military
raid on the rebel camp
inside Ecuador.
Three laptops were found
on the spot, and were
examined by Interpol,
the international police
agency, at the request
of Colombia, which
accused President Chavez
of providing FARC with
300 million U.S. dollars
and offering the
guerrillas weapons and
munitions.
Interpol's secretary
general, Ronald Kenneth
Noble, announced the
results of the analysis
on Thursday in Bogota,
Colombia.
Noble said Interpol
experts did not find
proof of tampering from
the laptops' files.
The Venezuelan
government responded
that Interpol's action
is part of a campaign to
discredit Chavez'
administration.
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