Two Top FARC Associates Found Guilty On Drug Charges
APR 14 -- JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Field Division ("DEA") and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that JUAN JOSE MARTINEZ-VEGA, a/k/a "Chiguiro," and ERMINSO CUEVAS CABRERA, a/k/a "Mincho" – two of the top associates of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or "FARC") were found guilty yesterday of conspiring to import ton quantities of cocaine into the United States.
The FARC is Colombia's main leftist rebel group and a United States Department of State-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The guilty verdict returned yesterday follows a seven-week trial before United States District Judge THOMAS F. HOGAN in District of Columbia federal court.
APR 14 -- JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Field Division ("DEA") and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that JUAN JOSE MARTINEZ-VEGA, a/k/a "Chiguiro," and ERMINSO CUEVAS CABRERA, a/k/a "Mincho" – two of the top associates of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or "FARC") were found guilty yesterday of conspiring to import ton quantities of cocaine into the United States.
The FARC is Colombia's main leftist rebel group and a United States Department of State-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The guilty verdict returned yesterday follows a seven-week trial before United States District Judge THOMAS F. HOGAN in District of Columbia federal court.