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Judi Lynn

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Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:00 PM Apr 2018

Prime suspect in FARC drug trafficking case vanishes after trip to US: report

Prime suspect in ‘FARC’ drug trafficking case vanishes after trip to US: report
by Jarrod Demir April 20, 2018



The prime suspect in a drug trafficking case implicating the ideologue of Colombia’s demobilized FARC guerrilla group has disappeared from the US prison information system, according to local media.

Marlon Marin, the nephew of FARC leader “Ivan Marquez,” was arrested in Colombia last week on claims that he had arranged to sell 10 tons of cocaine to alleged Mexican emissaries with at least one undercover DEA agent.

According to Colombian media, Marin appeared in the US prison system database after the prime suspect in the case agreed to turn state witness and testify against “Jesus Santrich,” the ideologue of his uncle’s guerrilla organization.

According to audio released by Colombia’s prosecution, Santrich agreed to vouch for his fellow-guerrilla’s nephew and met with the DEA agent twice at his home in Bogota.

More:
https://colombiareports.com/prime-suspect-in-farc-drug-trafficking-case-vanishes-after-trip-to-us-report/

LBN:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142042862

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