FARC guerrillas charged with conspiracy to aid foreign terrorists

The ExaminerCaptured in the coastal waters of Panamá, several citizens face charges for helping the FARC and providing them with weapons and supplies. By Jim Kouri

The US Department of Justice on Friday reported the arrival from Panama of Alexis Freddy Mosquera-Renteria, a/k/a "Ronald," a/k/a "Ronal," Yarlei Banol-Ramos, a/k/a "Diana," and Jorge Abel Ibarguen-Palacio, a/k/a "Turbo," who are charged with conspiring to provide material support to Colombia's main

left-wing terrorist group, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejercito del Pueblo (the FARC).

Mosquera-Renteria, Banol-Ramos, and Ibarguan-Palacio were originally captured in coastal waters off of the Republic of Panama on February 22, 2008, after a shootout with the Panamanian National Police, and were later transferred to U.S. custody to face the terrorism charges.

The FARC, whose Spanish name means Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Army of the People, has been designated by the Department of State as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and is dedicated to the violent overthrow of Colombia's democratically elected government.

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