Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez got a belated Christmas present today: A top Marxist rebel leader, Ricardo Palmera, a.k.a. Simon Trinidad, was arrested in a joint Colombian/U.S. military operation. Palmera was a member of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), Colombia’ most powerful “rebel” group. The ELN (National Liberation Army) ranks second among Colombia’ left-wing murderers. To balance off the left-wing extremists, Colombia has its share of right-wing murderers, like the AUC (United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia). According to the Council on Foreign Relations,...
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