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Montoya to issue a statement (last 2 paragraphs)

SANTO DOMINGO.- New documents filed in New York in the drug-trafficking case of Diego Fernando Murillo, alias “Don Berna," reveal that the ex paramilitary told a U.S. court that former Army commander Mario Montoya, Colombia’s current ambassador in Dominican Republic, forged an alliance with the unlawful bloc Autodefensas Unidas (AUC) to conduct an operation in which dozens of innocent people disappeared in barrios of Medellín at the end of 2002, reports the Colombian Web site caracol.com.co.

“Don Berna’s” revelations are in a written statement which, according to the Miami Herald, was field Friday in New York South District Federal Court, and affirms that members of the AUC of the leader Cacique Nutibara entered the area of Comuna 13, as part of an alliance with the Fourth Army Brigade, including then Army general Mario Montoya, and Medellín Police chief Leonardo Gallego.

Last week former Dominican Communist party leader Narciso Isa Conde accused Montoya of being part of a plot by president Alvaro Uribe to assassinate him, and asked president Leonel Fernandez to reject the former general’s credentials, submitted to the Dominican President in a National Palace ceremony last Tuesday.

Montoya: No comment

In the latest development, Montoya would only say “no comment” when reporters asked him about the alleged disappearance of the civilians in Medellín, reports newspaper Diario Libre.

The diplomat, prior to a meeting Tuesday with Dominican Armed Forces minister Pedro Rafael Peña, said he’ll issue a statement on the matter.

 

 

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35 comment(s)
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 3 Mar 2009 12:23 PM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
Narciso Isa Conde cry baby commie
Written by: ArsenioALembertJr, 3 Mar 2009 12:28 PM
From: United States, (on Sabbatical)
"You know what a haza is Frank?! A pig that don't fly straight, and neither do you!"
Written by: ArsenioALembertJr, 3 Mar 2009 12:38 PM
From: United States, (on Sabbatical)
I preferred the "chummy" all in white clad picture; It was more revealling of the true nature of Colombia - RD relations......
Como los Santeros vestidos de blanco para sus ceremonias "religiosas".
Written by: generoso, 3 Mar 2009 1:13 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya La Bella
Arsenio
You mean the jesuits, correct? LOL.
This is all part of the same o, same o, smear campaign against the tough general.
Get's tiresome after a while of rehashing the same bushu.
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 1:22 PM
From: United States
Oh Professor,

Your Colombian "hero" Generalito Pinochet wannabe has some "splaining" to do!
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 1:39 PM
From: United States
Its time for the Tuesday Cuban Gusano Terrorist History Report!

1988: Bomb threat against WQBA-AM after commentator denounces Herrera bombing.

1988: Bomb threat at local office of Immigration and Naturalization Service in protest of terrorist Orlando Bosch being jailed.

1988: Bomb explodes near home of Griselda Hidalgo, advocate of unrestricted travel to Cuba.
Written by: generoso, 3 Mar 2009 1:40 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya La Bella
josean
He was just doing the unemployed drug addicts a favor sending them to heaven "for their own good".
In fantasy heaven, like their buddies the Muslim terrorists, they will have all the drugs they want and be attended by 70 virgins.
Is all a Stalinist smear campaign by the FARC, whenever they hear his name anywhere they have to
go buy incontinence diapers by the dozen.
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 1:59 PM
From: United States
So Professor let me see, you contend that the right wing paramilitary are Stalinist?
Written by: generoso, 3 Mar 2009 2:10 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya La Bella
josean
If you read what I said it is self explanatory. "Is all a Stalinist smear campaign by the FARC".
it is a propaganda technique used by the FARC, that comes from Stalin's days, to smear opponents before he had them arrested or sent to the gulag, and then disposed off.
What wasn't clear in that statement?
The FARC are the leftist guerrillas in Colombia that see the general as the devil reincarnate, as well as their DR representative here, Mr. Isa Conde.
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 3 Mar 2009 3:00 PM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
probably the whiners boss
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 4:24 PM
From: United States
Professor,

Please refer me to one article that attributes the complaint filed in the US Federal court system, which revealed the allegations against Generalito Montoya, to the FARC?

Written by: vacanos, 3 Mar 2009 6:09 PM
From: United States
at least some good news coming from this site. when the commies are crying things are getting good
Written by: anthonyC, 3 Mar 2009 6:50 PM
From: United States
Come people.
We all know that a person on trial for Drug traffiking in a U.S. Federal Court would never, ever lie!!!

I believe every time I log into this website the collective I.Q. jumps up by 50%
Written by: ArsenioALembertJr, 3 Mar 2009 7:11 PM
From: United States, (on Sabbatical)
Written by: generoso, 3 Mar 2009 1:13 PM
From: United States
Arsenio
You mean the jesuits, correct? LOL.
This is all part of the same o, same o, smear campaign against the tough general.
Get's tiresome after a while of rehashing the same bushu.


I got just three words for you:

Mind your business! Stay out of my face...
Written by: generoso, 3 Mar 2009 8:08 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya La Bella
Arsenio
You love the attention don't you?
Now you can brag about it to your illuminati buddies and all the other extra terrestials. LOL.
Arsenio, you must have a better sense of humor now.
Bless you with jesuit holy water.
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 8:11 PM
From: United States
Written by: anthonyC, 3 Mar 2009 6:50 PM
From: United States
Come people.
We all know that a person on trial for Drug traffiking in a U.S. Federal Court would never, ever lie!!!

I believe every time I log into this website the collective I.Q. jumps up by 50%


And it Jumps by 500% when you leave!
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 3 Mar 2009 8:19 PM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
Opus Dei is coming for you in the twilight zone...doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Written by: chillaxin201 This user is banned, 3 Mar 2009 9:17 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
“But now, a former paramilitary fighter has said in special judicial proceedings that Montoya, who heads Colombia's army, collaborated with death squads that took control of this city's poor neighborhoods from the guerrillas a few years ago. His testimony, along with that of at least four paramilitary commanders, is illuminating the links between Colombia's potent, U.S.-backed military and its brutal paramilitary proxies.”

The Washington Post
Witness Ties Colombian General to Paramilitaries
By Juan Forero
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, September 17, 2008; A12 “Link below”


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-....008/09/16/AR2008091603006_pf.html
Written by: chillaxin201 This user is banned, 3 Mar 2009 9:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
Democracy Now Headlines- Wed. Sept. 17, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBPSD9wasr8

8:14 <~~~~ time
Written by: chillaxin201 This user is banned, 3 Mar 2009 9:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
“The ex communist leader, noting that the Colombian general is accused of several crimes in his country” this means that these actuations do not come from Isa Conde, but from Colombia them selves.

You buffoons have also fallen into the TERRORST fear mongering.
Yesterday’s communist is today’s terrorist, fools.

Several Colombian generals have been found guilty of crimes against humanity the Colombian government is financed by the U.S. and there military has ties to the C.I.A.
Uribe is still using paramilitaries, and the paramilitaries are terrorizing the Colombian people.
“click on link below for proof”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/30/2405282.htm
Written by: vacanos, 3 Mar 2009 9:45 PM
From: United States
i been saying this forever alvaro uribe by far the best president in latin america in a long time. the people of colombia supporting their president by over 80% im glad they got a leader of the magnitude of uribe. im happy for them.

he got terrorist farc on life support. nothing make me more happy than watching these commies crying foul from the stand.
Written by: maximilian, 3 Mar 2009 9:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Yes Vacanos, but he’s killing innocent people “from the articles above posted say”
How would that be hurting commies?
He kills none Commies and claims that they are commies.
He is a murderer!
If you justify that then you justify anything.
Written by: vacanos, 3 Mar 2009 11:24 PM
From: United States
maximilian

it is funny when farc kills indigenous peasant you never hear these commies clown say a peak. at least the govt are punishing after an investigation. what about the farc astrocity? now that farc is about to join sendero iluminoso in the commies pantheon all preassure against colombia coming from commies sympathizer all around the globe. farc commit all kind of astrocity any farc member punished yet? i dont think so one more reason commies looney living in lala land. for every one of those story shown by our board clown chillixin there is a ton of this.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090....unrestrebelsrights_20090210182036

Written by: generoso, 3 Mar 2009 11:29 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya La Bella
vacanos
Did you see that video of the campesino cutting off a black guys hand with a machete? That the Haitians try to blame on the Dominicans?
FYI: That was actually a FARC soldier doing his version of "justice" in Colombia.
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 11:53 PM
From: United States
Operation Orion

In March 2007 a report by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was leaked to the Los Angeles Times by an anonymous U.S. government employee who was said to be unsatisfied by the Bush administration's handling of the Colombian government's accountability. The report detailed a number of claims concerning links between Colombian security forces and illegal paramilitary groups. According to the CIA document, an allied Western intelligence agency reported the existence of such links during a 2002 Medellín offensive carried out against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) (FARC) under the title of "Operation Orion". While the operation was considered a success, there were allegations that over 40 people had disappeared during the operation and that the impending power vacuum was filled by paramilitary forces.

Continued:
Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 11:55 PM
From: United States
The Western intelligence agency mentioned in the report considered that, the source of the claim was yet-unproven. A Defense attaché to the United States Embassy in Bogotá told the Los Angeles Times that "this report confirms information provided by a proven source

General Mario Montoya was commander of the area police force during the operation. The report cites an informant who claimed that plans for the attack were signed by General Montoya and paramilitary leader Fabio Jaramillo, who was a subordinate of Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano, also known as Don Berna. Don Berna became known for taking over the drug trade around Medellín after drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was killed.

The CIA did not confirm nor deny the authenticity of the report. CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano stated that "by describing what it calls a leaked CIA report containing material from another intelligence service — and unconfirmed material at that — the Los Angeles Times makes it

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Written by: josean, 3 Mar 2009 11:57 PM
From: United States
less likely that friendly countries will share information with the United States" and "that ultimately could affect our ability to protect Americans". Douglas Frantz, a managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, responded that "we listened carefully to the CIA concerns and agreed to withhold details that the agency said jeopardized certain sources and ongoing operations, but our judgment is that the significance of the issues raised in this story warrant its publication."
Written by: chillaxin201 This user is banned, 4 Mar 2009 1:31 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
vacanos, what Max stated ia that they are not killing commies they are killing civilains and just becuase the farc Does it, that does not make it OK for the Colombian Gov to do it.
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 4 Mar 2009 5:39 AM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
Whether Uribe succeeds depends on the continued depiction of FARC as an untrustworthy terrorist group devoid of political legitimacy. Ironically, Castro’s book has helped Uribe achieve that aim and, therefore, assist him in his bid for a third term. The center-right Colombian daily El Tiempo ran an article about Castro’s revelation, to which one Internet reader commented, “[FARC] never had peace in mind; they have no honesty, [and] they only used the great opportunity that Pastrana gave them to buy time and rearm themselves. All of us who don’t buy their stories already knew this, but Fidel saying it is the icing on the cake.”

Of course, it wasn’t Castro’s intention to undermine FARC’s credibility. Castro blames not the rebels but the Colombian government and U.S. imperialism for being the most insurmountable obstacles to the resolution of the conflict.
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 4 Mar 2009 5:45 AM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
However, there is one revelation, in chapter eight, that has shaken up the Colombian political landscape. Analysts of Colombia’s conflict have long supposed that FARC used the cease-fire that accompanied the 1999 peace talks with President Andrés Pastrana (1998–2002) as an opportunity to rearm themselves in preparation for a major offensive. It’s a charge FARC’s leadership has long denied. Castro himself served as interlocutor between Pastrana and FARC during the failed peace process, and here he reproduces previously unpublished excerpts of his communications with the Cuban envoy to FARC, José Arbesú. Arbesú notes the insincerity of FARC’s intentions to demobilize as part of the peace process, claiming that “the FARC’s objective is to participate in three or four rounds . . . and leave the negotiations with a positive image.” Arbesú claims that Marulanda maintained that “the only way to pressure the government is to continue the war.”
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 4 Mar 2009 5:46 AM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
However, there is one revelation, in chapter eight, that has shaken up the Colombian political landscape. Analysts of Colombia’s conflict have long supposed that FARC used the cease-fire that accompanied the 1999 peace talks with President Andrés Pastrana (1998–2002) as an opportunity to rearm themselves in preparation for a major offensive. ” In other words, Arbesú’s notes provide the first hard evidence confirming that FARC never intended to abandon its armed struggle.
Written by: gouletcolonial2 This user is banned, 4 Mar 2009 5:49 AM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
the duplicity of FARC is exposed by Castro himself.......excepted from El Comandante’s Last Charge
By Roque Planas....... Foreign Policy publication
Written by: josean, 4 Mar 2009 5:58 AM
From: United States
Be careful The Boy Scout Uribe may be listening!

Colombia

Spies in trouble

The domestic-intelligence agency is caught misbehaving again

http://www.economist.com/world/am....13185516&source=hptextfeature
Written by: josean, 4 Mar 2009 6:08 AM
From: United States
A Blast from the recent Past!

Presidente Uribe is not on President Obma's Top Ten List!

Uribe’s Attack on Obama

The Far Right’s Spokesman in Latin America Is Worried About What Could Be Long Overdue Changes in US Policy

http://www.narconews.com/Issue52/article3055.html



Written by: josean, 4 Mar 2009 6:13 AM
From: United States
All you wanted to know about Little Presidente Uribe but were afraid to ask!

http://www.narconews.com/narcocandidate1.html
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