[NYTr] Senior Colombian FARC guerrilla member captured in Venezuela

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

El Universal - July 30, 2007
http://www.eluniversal.com/2007/07/30/en_pol_art_colombian-guerrilla_30A907787.shtml

Senior Colombian FARC guerrilla member captured in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities captured Rosember Rodríguez, alias Mariquita,
the presumed CFO at the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC),
reported the Colombian secret police.

The detention was made last Sunday in southern Puerto Ayacucho, said
the Security Administrative Department (DAS), AP quoted.

Based on a press release from DAS, the suspect was the holder of
Venezuelan forged identity papers and will be deported to Colombia to
face trial.

According to DAS, Rodríguez is the "top figurehead of FARC 43rd crew,
the owner of multiple businesses, drugstores and hotels." However, no
clarification was made as to how he controlled such business from
Venezuela.

DAS noted that joined efforts with Venezuelan authorities resulted in
capture of the FARC alleged member.