DEA was aware of alleged ties between Venezuela and FARC

According to El Nuevo Herald, a former Colombian intelligence official disclosed ties between Venezuela and Colombian rebels

Western Hemisphere
Rafael García, the former head of Information Technology, Colombian Administrative Security Department (DAS), provided information to US authorities about the alleged ties between the Venezuelan government, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and drug trafficking, said on Tuesday Miami's newspaper El Nuevo Herald.

The daily reported that "García met in Uruguay with officials of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). He told them that leaders of the FARC had visited a military complex in Caracas for training and exchanging information."

The former DAS member allegedly said that Venezuela's government officials and military officers protect "drug trafficking routes controlled by some groups of the Colombian guerrilla."

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