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AP. FARC admitted giving cash to Correa´s campaing

I can`t wait to see how this unveils !

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_COLOMBIA_REBEL_VIDEO?SITE=KM...

Jul 17, 3:50 PM EDT

AP Newsbreak: Rebel video hounds Ecuador's Correa

By FRANK BAJAK
Associated Press Writer


BOGOTA (AP) -- An hour-long video police found in a computer of an alleged rebel appears to dispel any doubts that Colombia's largest rebel army gave money to the 2006 election campaign of President Rafael Correa of Ecuador.

The video shows the second-ranking commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia reading the deathbed manifesto of founding leader Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda. The manifesto clearly acknowledges FARC contributions to Correa's campaign, but it's still possible that Correa wasn't aware of them.

The video, given to The Associated Press by a government official on condition of anonymity due to political sensitivity, adds weight to evidence found in a half-dozen electronic documents recovered at a rebel camp destroyed in a cross-border raid last year.

Correa has accused Colombia of fabricating the documents, despite an investigation by the global police agency Interpol that determined they were not altered. The video also corroborates a written copy of the same rebel manifesto that turned up on a different rebel computer recovered in October.

Ties between Colombia and neighboring Ecuador are deeply frayed, and the video is sure to complicate relations further. Colombia is outraged that the FARC, a leftist group on the U.S. State Department's terror list, was operating out of Ecuador, allegedly with the support of that country's leftist government.

In Washington, a State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity, said "we have no comment" on the video.

Ecuador broke diplomatic ties after Colombia crossed into its territory last year to raid the rebel camp. Attempts by the Organization of American States and the Carter Center to mediate the dispute have been stymied.

Told of the video Friday, Ecuador's security minister, Miguel Carvajal, denied that Correa's government had "any relation in the campaign or has any relation with or contributions from groups such as the FARC, and certainly no type of accord." Correa himself has repeatedly denied any ties to FARC.

The video was found on a computer seized May 30 in the Bogota home of a suspected FARC operative, and finally decrypted last week. A senior Colombian prosecutor, anti-terrorism unit chief Hermes Ardila, confirmed that the video was found on one of three computers seized in the arrest of Adela Perez, 36 - "the secretariat's key player in Bogota."

It shows a member of the FARC's ruling secretariat and No. 2 commander, Jorge Briceno, reading from a laptop perched on a roughshewn shelf to about 250 somber-looking rebels in a jungle clearing.

Briceno first informs the troops of Marulanda's death and of changes in the rebel leadership. He reads from a missive from someone present when Marulanda died on March 26, 2008, at age 78, of an apparent heart attack.

"We awake today with an immense solitude, so very sad. The comrade died yesterday, the 26th, at 18:20 hours," Briceno reads.

The faces of his young audience are grim. They look dumbstruck, distressed. At one point, Briceno pauses briefly and says, "What was that sound? A bomb?" He gets a negative reply from off camera.

Briceno then turns to the sobering letter Marulanda wrote just days before his death. The letter stresses the strategic importance of "maintaining good political relations, friendship and confidence with the governments of Venezuela and Ecuador."

It is a grave reflection on devastating blows the FARC has suffered at the hands of the military in Colombia, which has received more than $4 billion in U.S. aid since 2000. It describes the "trophies of war" Colombia obtained when it killed the rebels' foreign minister, Raul Reyes, and 24 other people in a March 1, 2008 raid on his jungle camp inside Ecuador.

Marulanda laments that Colombia seized a trove of electronic documents that badly compromised the rebels and their foreign friends - namely, Correa and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.

"The secrets of the FARC have been lost completely," Briceno reads.

Among those secrets is "assistance in dollars to Correa's campaign and subsequent conversations with his emissaries," the letter said. It mentions "some agreements, according to documents in the possession of all of us, that are very compromising regarding our ties with friends."

Marulanda's letter does not say whether Correa personally knew of the money, and does not mention an amount. But it supports four other documents the Colombian government says it found on Reyes' laptop that were allegedly written in late 2006 by FARC leaders discussing rebel payments of at least $100,000 to Correa's campaign.
It appears unlikely that the video could be fake. AP video experts found no signs of tampering. Also, Briceno is a known FARC leader with whom AP reporters had frequent contact from 1999-2002, and it is clearly him in the video.

The Ecuadorean minister, Carvajal, told the AP that if the video is proven to be authentic, his government will want to know who the supposed emissaries are that established ties with the FARC "in the name of the (Correa) electoral campaign."

Correa strongly denies receiving money from the FARC. He has argued that Reyes' computer equipment could never have survived bombs that ripped apart his jungle camp.

Despite revelations about ties to FARC, Correa was re-elected in April by a comfortable margin. Correa this month imposed stiff import tariffs on a broad range of Colombian goods including autos and beef, which will seriously affect Bogota's $500 million in annual exports to Ecuador.

The video, separated into 20 files on a Sony Vaio laptop, took more than a month to decrypt before the code was cracked July 10, said several government officials who spoke on condition they not be identified due to the matter's sensitivity.

The laptop's owner, Perez, is jailed on charges of terrorism and criminal conspiracy, as the alleged leader of an urban cell engaged in extortion and bombings in the capital, Ardila said.

The other two laptops found in her home contained intelligence on senior government officials, including Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, national police director Gen. Oscar Naranjo and Juan Manuel Santos, who as defense minister managed the raid into Ecuador, the officials added.

An Ecuadorean prosecutor last month issued an arrest warrant for Santos on murder charges. Interpol refused, however, to circulate the warrant. Colombia's government says it has no intention of handing over Santos.

The Marulanda letter also was found on a laptop seized in a raid on a rebel camp in Putumayo state near the Ecuadorian border on Oct. 31, according to Colombian authorities. The AP obtained a copy of the letter the following month.

By JGD on Jul 17, 2009, 13:43 in Friendly Talkzone.

billyb says on Jul 17, 2009, 13:50:

Shocker. Now watch that little bitch Correa throw another hissy fit.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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pobrecito says on Jul 17, 2009, 13:56:

The specialists of "falsos positivos" and "false news" are always here.

Get off your mask, URI(billy)BE and jorgegCIAz !

No mas Tasco66 !

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billyb says on Jul 17, 2009, 13:57:

"Get off your mask, URI(billy)BE and jorgegCIAz !"

Gee, never knew you were so clever mugrecito, or did you get a 2 year old to come up with that for you?

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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pobrecito says on Jul 17, 2009, 13:58:

Yes in my computer I have mails where Busch said to Uribe he will give him money.
As it is in my computer, it must be true.

No mas Tasco66 !

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billyb says on Jul 17, 2009, 14:00:

And that is news? LOL.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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pobrecito says on Jul 17, 2009, 14:02:

It is the proof you read only shit. You forgot Fox News.

No mas Tasco66 !

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cstew47 says on Jul 17, 2009, 14:20:

Yes in my computer I have mails where Busch said to Uribe he will give him money.
As it is in my computer, it must be true.

Why would Budweiser give money to Uribe?

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tasco66 says on Jul 17, 2009, 14:26:

No surprises here..more proof of the Farc-Correa collaboration, and the usual denial of the PBH lefties....

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 17, 2009, 15:01:

There´s a short copy of the video here:

http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/judicial/articulo151232-farc-admi...

You are worried the US is going to invade and take the Venezuelan oil?... you are selling everything to them !!Peruvian Pres. Alan Garcia to Chavez

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511southkstreet says on Jul 17, 2009, 15:08:

las farc.....give me a break. the fact that you could even defend these idiots is number one a joke and number two an indication of just how ignorant you are.....notice i did not say stupid but ignorant, there is a difference. by ignorant i mean that if you think for a second there is not a connection between the farc, correa, and chavez i have a bridge i like to sell you in brooklyn. do me a favor and pedal that crap somewhere else, say maybe on the game show "are you smarter than a fifth grader"

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pedro (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 17, 2009, 15:11:

johnny2008 says on Jul 17, 2009, 14:17 (today): flag

How thoroughly convenient is that? and it comes out approximately a whole 12 months before this Correa clanger which is arguably of a much greater impact, although not as convenient. So they are telling us that when Correa was initiating a full scale diplomatic dispute with Colombia, they didn't release/leak this video then to shut him up? why not?
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Why not? Because they only seized the source computer from Adela Perez in May, and they only got the video decrypted last week.

"this may seem a strange post but it is not...when in colombia men need to be aware that colombia women may try to be seductive and entice a travelling gringo to have sex with them..to be forewarned is to be forearmed..." -- pow wow

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511southkstreet says on Jul 17, 2009, 15:55:

hey johnny....have a suggestion for you. move in with your buddy chavez, and then tell me what a great guy he is......

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gatogris says on Jul 17, 2009, 19:40:

The political opportunity structure is as follows:

For the FARC, any and every vague alliance they can cobble together with any representative of an elected government in the region is beneficial. A route to bring in war materiel, to transport out valuable exports, these are not easy roads, and any inroad they can make across a border is for them beneficial. Furthermore, any slim bone of legitimacy is tasty for a group so universally reviled.

For Chavez, and for a lesser extent Correa, the FARC represent a piece in an ancient chess game of South American political brinkmanship - the concept is that by tacitly or indirectly supporting the FARC they are checking the ambitions of an ideologically opposed neighbor. The political calculation is that they can have it both ways - undermine what is thought to be a rightest government, allied with the hated gringo, and still maintain internal deniability for complicity in human rights crimes perpetrated by the FARC. So far, they seem to be right.

As for precursor chemicals imported by Ecuador, the US is pretty wise. Potassium Permanganate has been seized in large quantities at the Ecuadorian-Colombian border crossings since 2002.

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tasco66 says on Jul 18, 2009, 09:41:

yep, Easy-e is some troll that changes his id every 6 month. His previous id was Tone Loc.. he claimed then to be a Swiss convict teaching Russian in Bogota and also being a successful businessman, having sissy fights in restaurants, owning real estate, blablabla etc…jajajajajaja

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 11:27:

I still say Eaze-E should be a mod here on PBH, lets see, he was an embassador, political activist, he knows alot about jails, owns real state, big time drug trafficker who brives the DEA, business man entrepeneur, bitch slapper, multi lingual, a man with all these attributes has the ability to moderate, he can probably fix the Honduran conflict in a second.

EAZY-E........... YOU ARE THE MAN!!

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 11:32:

EAZY-E I tought you were black. are you a blue eye negroid?

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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Rikito says on Jul 18, 2009, 14:43:

EAZY-E you are way beyond being a troll. You are just someone who makes things up to suit your claim. Even you "opinions" are senseless. It's ok to hate America, but based on what? Facts, hands on experiences? You have none. Even your profile is false. "Colombia Chicago." Oh wow, makes me want to laugh, it is so clever. Not!

And your being a mod? Why? What could you possibly bring to making PBH more effected and more creditable? In fact, I seriously doubt if you know what it means. Desi and ColombianoGringo are mods. You write foolish things to suit your own beliefs, you have no practical experience and that shows. Again read what the PBHers in here say about you and take some of it to task. Not everyone agrees with them when they comment, but they are fair, intelligent, and have a sense of purpose for PBH.

...and so it goes

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pde says on Jul 18, 2009, 14:52:

In two months it is possible to manipulate the voices in a video.

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 15:22:

With high tec military secret equipment, you can do anything, what they have you wont be seeing for another 15-20 years. you have no idea.........

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 15:48:

Made up? even what you think is real is made up, we are living in an ilusional world (matrix) what you think is real hangs by a small thread, thats why you, the people are bombarded from the moment you wake up to the time you go to sleep with mental inbeded programs that you are not even aware of. So, does the technology exist to make a movie/video of this kind? absolutly!!

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 16:21:

kat, you cerntainly have a way with words, so simply put, so transparent and clear, nothing else, just........PUNTO!!

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 16:37:

Terrorist = freedom fighters, left, right, good, bad, todays truth, tomorrows lie, do we see the dialectics here? no matter how you and I see it doesnt change the fact that these leaders are not all powerful and dictate their mind, no, its their job, they have a boss who they have to answer to, so at the end their just pawns in the game.

DIFFERENT DEGREES OF THE SAME THING.......

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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ferran says on Jul 18, 2009, 17:07:

Jorgediaz I will tell you only if you answer these three questions correct; 1 - what does water taste like, 2 - why is the sky blue, 3 - what happens after death.......

All truth goes through three phases. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident.

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JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 18, 2009, 17:22:

This is the whole letter transcription according to El Tiempo (in the famous video):

http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/texto-completo-de-la-carta-e...

You are worried the US is going to invade and take the Venezuelan oil?... you are selling everything to them !!Peruvian Pres. Alan Garcia to Chavez

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JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 20, 2009, 17:28:

I am so surprised that papa chavez hasn´t commented about it, especially on his regular 8-hour long Alo Presidente



http://www.semana.com/noticias-nacion/correa-acorralado/126411.aspx

You are worried the US is going to invade and take the Venezuelan oil?... you are selling everything to them !!Peruvian Pres. Alan Garcia to Chavez

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pobrecito says on Jul 21, 2009, 03:56:

Why write about a "falso positivo" video ?
Only old conservative nuts like tasco66 and jorgegdiaz can trust it ...

No mas Tasco66 !

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tasco66 says on Jul 21, 2009, 05:02:

Correa's days as President of Ecuador are counted...I bet he will be joining the Farc very soon…

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 21, 2009, 07:51:

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/5064-international-court...

International courts are keeping an eye out for Ecuador President Rafael Correa after a video confirmed accusations that Colombia's largest rebel group FARC funded the leftist president's 2006 campaign, Colombia's Prosecutor General said Saturday.

In the video, FARC commander 'Mono Jojoy' reads a letter written by deceased FARC founder 'Manuel Marulanda' wherein the FARC leader speaks of a contribution to the 2006 presidential campaign of Correa. Colombian authorities on several occasions had denounced the alleged financial aid.

The video, widely considered authentic, could be used as evidence that the Ecuadorean President received money from the FARC, that is considered a terrorist group by both the U.S. and the E.U.

Correa called the video a sham and claims it is part of a right-wing conspiracy to discredit "progressive" governments in Latin America.

Within Ecuador, the opposition calls for the resignation and arrest of the country's president.

Iguarán also says to be "very attentive" to possibilities to sue the president before Ecuadorean or international authorities.

The video was released briefly after an Ecuadorean judge decided to warrant the arrest for Colombia's former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos for his alleged personal repsonsibility of the March 2008 bombing of a FARC camp in Ecuador. The bombing cost the life of the FARC's number two, 'Raul Reyes' and made Ecuador break all diplomatic ties with its northern neighbor.

You are worried the US is going to invade and take the Venezuelan oil?... you are selling everything to them !!Peruvian Pres. Alan Garcia to Chavez

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tasco66 says on Jul 21, 2009, 07:59:

I hope they get him before he is able to escape in the selva...

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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pobrecito says on Jul 21, 2009, 08:31:

The tascotroll is back, writing more and more stupid uribistismas.

No mas Tasco66 !

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pobrecito says on Jul 21, 2009, 08:35:

"The video was released briefly after an Ecuadorean judge decided to warrant the arrest for Colombia's former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos for his alleged personal repsonsibility of the March 2008 bombing of a FARC camp in Ecuador"

Is there a link ? is it a smoke curtain as Uribe usually uses ?

The video was found in a computer 18 months ago. Why have they been waiting so much time ? To fabricate the video ?

No mas Tasco66 !

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tasco66 says on Jul 21, 2009, 08:44:

Pobrecito, give him you AK47 when he joins you in the selva, since you don't know how to use it..jajajaja

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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pobrecito says on Jul 21, 2009, 08:49:

psychiatric help ...

No mas Tasco66 !

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tasco66 says on Jul 21, 2009, 08:50:

Pobre watch out incoming!!! run, run....

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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pobrecito says on Jul 21, 2009, 09:03:

By the way, tasco, you never answered the question : "are you racist ?"

No mas Tasco66 !

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tasco66 says on Jul 21, 2009, 09:16:

I just can’t wait for Ecuador to be free again…I’ve been waiting for this to plan my next trip…

The trouble with free elections is, you never know who is going to win (Leonid Brezhnev)

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pobrecito says on Jul 21, 2009, 13:46:

Are you racist, tasco ?
What do you think about a black president ?

No mas Tasco66 !

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billyb says on Jul 21, 2009, 19:36:

Mugrecito, what is your opinion of France's first non-white-male president? .......Oh yeah, that's right, we'll have to wait a few decades for that one, and then you can be sure he/she will be muslim, non?

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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billyb says on Jul 22, 2009, 06:49:

Actually, one that seems to have more balls than the US's, go figure.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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romy says on Jul 22, 2009, 09:55:

"Actually, one that seems to have more balls than the US's, go figure"
I take it you have analyzed their bulges, or perhaps you have insider information ;)

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billyb says on Jul 22, 2009, 12:36:

Yup romy, inside info, heard it from your SI ;)

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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