The New York Times

Colombia Rebels Linked to Mexico Drug Cartels

Oct 8 -- Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are buying cocaine directly from Colombia’s main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a conference here on crime.

8 de octubre de 2008

The finance chief of a unit of the Colombian rebel group, known as the FARC, which works along the Ecuador-Colombia border, is the main contact with the Mexican gangs that buy drugs from the rebels, said Sergio Jaramillo, Colombia’s deputy defense minister.

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