Officials of the US Intelligence think that the computer
files that tie Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to the
rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) are true
and accurate, reported on Friday The Wall Street Journal.
The files, all of them of 2007, depict meetings between guerrilla
commanders and Venezuelan government authorities, including
Chávez, according to the daily, based on the review of
more than 100 papers.
"There is complete agreement in the intelligence community
that these documents are what they purport to be," a senior
US official told the daily with regard to the files that,
according to the Colombian government, were taken from the
guerrillas following a raid to one of their camps.
The files indicate that Venezuela apparently made concrete
offers to help arm the FARC, the daily said, and also the
use of one of its ports to receive arms shipments. In another
document, a high-ranking official asked FARC to train Venezuelan
military in guerrilla warfare.
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