Swiss envoy Jean-Pierre Gontard to Farc: Please Let Us Know What We Should Do

Newly revealed documents implicate the Swiss envoy Jean-Pierre Gontard in FARC machinations. E-Mails suggest that the professor from Geneva served as a money courier for the terrorists. His superiors in the Swiss foreign ministry continue to play down the matter. What did Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey know?

Full coverage (in German, partly translated into English).Switzerland’s Colombia policy is suffering one blow after another. A few days after the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt, the Colombian President Uribe officially withdrew Switzerland’s mandate to conduct negotiations. On Tuesday, things escalated still further: Bogotá announced that it was opening a criminal investigation into the activities of Swiss envoy Jean-Pierre Gontard. The crime: "concierto para delinquir" - membership in a criminal association. According to the Colombian district attorney, there is evidence that Gontard led a conspiracy or participated in one.

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By tasco66 on Jul 19, 2008, 05:08 in Politics & the war.

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harvardexec says on Jul 19, 2008, 15:22: Best of luck trying to get him. The only way the Swiss will take Colombia seriously: if Colombia declares war against the Swiss....and that will never happen. "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated."-John McCain 0 funny, 0 helpful.

Buongone says on Jul 20, 2008, 01:10: Just snag him !! 0 funny, 0 helpful.

juancegomez says on Jul 21, 2008, 19:53: Looks worrying, however one may choose to interpret this...whether it's real or not. 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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