FARC Leader Responsible for Drug and Weapons Trafficking, Killed on Panamanian Border

August 28, 2013

On August 26, the terrorist organization FARC was struck again by a coordinated operation between the Colombian Air Force (FAC) and the Colombian National Police with the neutralization of Virgilio Antonio Vidal Mora, aka “Silver”, leader of the 57th Front and considered primarily responsible for drugs and weapons trafficking for that group on the border with Panama.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

FARC Leader Responsible for Drug and Weapons Trafficking, Killed on Panamanian Border

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