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From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Politics of Oxfam America (The Nicaragua connection)
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 13:09:05 EST
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> The Colombian government charged that rifles used by guerillas in November's
> bloody takeover of the Palace of Justice in Bogota came from the leftist
> Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. In a letter to his Nicaraguan counterpart,
> Miguel D'Escoto, Colombian Foreign Minister Augusto Ramirez demanded a
> "prompt and satisfactory explanation" of how the arms fell into the hands
> of M-19 guerillas.
> 

It should be noted that the US IMMEDIATELY stated that the arms came from
Nicaragua.  Columbia could simply be bowing to considerable diplomatic pressure
from the US.  Did the article state what proof they had beyond supposition?

Guerrilla warfare has been going on for a long while in Columbia -- it's not
as if these guys hadn't captured or bought a lot of weapons already.

Sounds suspiciously like the claims that the FSLN supplies arms to the FMLN,
which has not been proven either.

jdm