Jonn Lilyea
Busted; VZ guard officer in Colombia
Posted by Jonn Lilyea on June 8, 2008
Colombian Radio Santa Fe and the BBC reports that a Venezuelan National Guard officer has been captured while trying to deliver arms to FARC near the Venezuelan frontier;
The officer is said to have been captured along with three others in the southern Colombian province of Vichada, near the border with Venezuela.
The arrest comes at a time of tension between the two neighbours.
The Bogota government has accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of supporting Colombia’s Farc guerrillas.
The arrested officer, named as Manuel Agudo, was helping to carry 40,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition along with another Venezuelan and two Colombians, Attorney General Mario Iguaran said.
Radio Santa Fe, however says that there were four arrested and two had Venezuelan national ID cards;
Las autoridades capturaron en las últimas horas a cuatro personas, entre ellas el Sargento Segundo de la Guardia Nacional venezolana, Manuel Agudo Escalona, confirmó el Fiscal General de la Nación Mario Iguaran Arana.
Iguaran Arana explicó que dos de los capturados se identificaron con cédulas de nacionalidad venezolana…
My Calle J translation;
Authorities in the last few hours captured four persons, one was Second Sergeant of the Venezuelan National Guard Manuel Agudo Escalona, Colombian Treasury Secretary Mario Iguaran Arana confirmed.
Arana explained that two of the detainees had Venezuelan nationality identification cards…
Bloomberg ties the arrests to an earlier arrest of a FARC security chief;
Iguaran said the arrest of the gun-runners was tied to the same-day capture of a security chief for Jorge Briceno, known as “Mono Jojoy,” the FARC’s top military commander, EFE reported.
It’s good to see the Colombians putting and end to this, however, Chavez needs to pay a price from the international community for his support of thieves, murderers, kidnappers and narco-terrorists. As long as he gets away with it, he’ll only make things worse. I don’t believe the US should take part in any attempt to remove Chavez from power, but the locals, meaning Chavez’ neighbors need to step and do what right for the community of Latin American nations and for Venezuelans in particular.
Hat tip to Gateway Pundit.
