And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The following mainstream new item may contain misinformation and or outright distortions.. via: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] posted: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:24:39 EST > <snip> > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dennis Grammenos [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:17 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: REUTERS: Colombia ties top rebel's brother to U.S. murders >> >> ========================================== >> The FARC has also specifically denied any >> involvement by Grannobles in the killings. >> ___________________ ========================================== >> REUTERS >> >> Friday, 26 March 1999 >> >> Colombia ties top rebel's brother to U.S. murders >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> BOGOTA -- Authorities have ordered the arrest of the brother of one of >> Colombia's top Marxist rebel leaders for his alleged role in the recent >> kidnapping and murder of three Americans, judicial officials said on >> Friday. >> >> Spokesmen for Prosecutor-General Alfonso Mendez said the warrant for the >> arrest of German Briceno, alias ``Grannobles, was issued on Thursday on >> suspicion that he personally ordered the crime that drew an international >> outcry. >> >> Briceno is the brother of Jorge Briceno, No. 2 leader and chief military >> strategist of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). >> >> He is also one of the FARC's top regional commanders in the rural area of >> northeastern Colombia where the U.S. citizens were abducted on Feb. 25. >> >> In the days after Terence Freitas, 24, Ingrig Washinawatok, 41, and >> Laheenae Gay, 39, were kidnapped, the army intercepted a series of radio >> conversations in which a voice authorities identified as that of >> Grannobles allegedly ordered other guerrillas to kill them. >> >> The bullet-riddled corpses of the Americans, who had been helping U'wa >> Indians defend their ancestral lands from encroachment by a U.S. oil >> company, were found dumped just across Colombia's border with Venezuela on >> March 4. >> >> The FARC, the hemisphere's largest and oldest guerrilla army, initially >> denied any involvement in the kidnap-murders. But it later blamed them on >> a rogue, mid-ranking field commander who it said had acted with three >> other subordinates without the knowledge or consent of senior rebel >> leaders. >> >> The FARC has defied U.S. demands that it surrender the killers for >> extradition but said it will put them on trial before a rebel war council, >> which ultimately could sent them before a firing squad. >> >> The FARC has also specifically denied any involvement by Grannobles in the >> killings. But Thursday's warrant gave credence to previous claims, >> including a statement by Defence Minister Rodrigo Lloreda, that put the >> blame squarely on his shoulders and suggested a high-level cover-up by the >> rebels. >> >> A public admission that the brother of one of the FARC's top leaders was >> behind the killings would be a serious embarrassment at a time when the >> group is striving to boost its political image at home and abroad. >> >> Jorge Briceno, known by his nom de guerre as ``Mono Jojoy,'' is a member >> of the FARC's seven-man General Secretariat. He is widely seen as the >> mostly likely successor to the group's veteran commander-in-chief, Manuel >> ``Sureshot'' Marulanda. >> >> In one of the army's radio intercepts, Jorge Briceno can allegedly be >> heard talking to his brother, Grannobles, about the devastating political >> impact the killings were going to have on the rebel group, and telling his >> brother to come up with ``any name'' to put forward as the murderer of the >> Americans. >> >> ``This is the biggest political screw-up of all,'' he said. ``This is a >> mistake from hell.'' >> >> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> *********************************************************************** >> * COLOMBIA SUPPORT NETWORK: To subscribe to CSN-L send request to * >> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUB CSN-L Firstname Lastname * >> * (Direct questions or comments about CSN-L to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) * >> * Visit the website of CSN's Champaign-Urbana (Illinois) chapter at * >> * http://www.prairienet.org/csncu Subscribe to the COLOMBIA BULLETIN * >> * For free copy and info contact CSN, P.O. 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