Colombia: February 13, 2003

Archives

A US government Cessna 208 aircraft crash landed in southern Colombia, killing two of the five men (four Americans, one Colombian). The aircraft apparently had mechanical problems and it is feared that nearby FARC rebels seized the three survivors. The Americans were involved with the US government effort to help Colombia eradicate drug production. There are some 500 American military and 300 civilian personnel involved in this effort. 

The government says it has uncovered evidence of FARC connections with Basque separatists in Spain and IRA terrorists in Britain. Both of these foreign groups have long used the bombing techniques that FARC has recently adopted.

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contributions. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   Contribute   Close