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Port named in FARC controversy 13:47 9 MayPort named in FARC controversy LAPTOP files seized from Colombian guerilla group FARC allegedly contain details on a Venezuelan plan to supply FARC with weaponry shipped in containers through Maracaibo. The Wall Street Journal was provided with computer files captured during Colombia’s February attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador.
According to the WSJ, an email dated early 2007 describes a meeting between two Venezuelan generals and FARC commander Ivan Marquez. One of the generals allegedly promised to provide FARC with 20 rocket-propelled grenade launchers. According to the WSJ, the second Venezuelan general “is described as offering the port of Maracaibo to facilitate arms shipments to the guerrillas. The general suggests piggybacking on shipments from Russia [from which Venezuela itself buys arms] to include some containers destined to FARC with various arms for the guerillas’ own use.”
Allegations of an arms relationship between Venezuela and FARC – which the US considers a terrorist organisation – could affect US-Venezuela trade. Council on Hemispheric Affairs director Larry Birns told Fairplay that the “most ominous development is talk coming from the US State Department that Venezuela may be ruled a terrorist state. This would have interesting repercussions for trade.” Birns believes that “if the US did this, Venezuela would have to do something to retaliate”.
Both Venezuela and FARC have denied the computer files’ authenticity. A ruling by Interpol on the files’ authenticity is believed to be imminent.
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