TERRORISM REVIEW

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 Terrorism Review
Terrorist Snapshot
Highlights
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 Key Dates and Events The Terrorism Diary for Januar and February 1999
Chronology of International Terrorism- 19
September-Nwemher 199R
Summary of Indigenous Terrorism-October-November 1998 23
Trends in Terrorism International Terrorism, Third Quartef 1998: A Statistical 25
Comparison With Third Quarter 1997
This review is published monthly by the DCI Counterterrorist
Center. Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
Information available as of 25 December 1998 was used in this
Review, except where otherwise noted.
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 Terrorist Snapshot
Latin American Terrorist Groups Turn to
Criminal Fundraising Activities
Terrorist groups throughout Latin America are
turning increasingly to criminal activities, in par-
ticulardrug trafficking, kidnapping, and extortion,
to raise funds to sustain their terrorist campaigns.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN)
in Colombia are involved heavily in such criminal
enterprises
Drug Trafficking
Terrorist control over key illicit drug cultivation, pro-
cessing, and transportation areas have contributed to a
reliance-in varying degrees-on the large profits
available through the nazcotics industry. ]n most cases,
terrorist involvement is primarily in the form of extort-
ing money from narcotics traffickers by imposing
taxes and providing security services, although terror-
ist groups aze reported to be involved in many aspects
of the drug industry.
the
FARC obtains most of its revenue from nazcotics-
relatedactivities. The FARC taxes traffickers' opera-
tions, provides security to fields and labs, adminis-
ters clandestine airstrips, and is involved in coca
cultivation and processing in southern Colombia,
according to sensitive zeporting.
? Over the past 10 years, the ELN has incorporated
narcotrafficking into its revenue-generating
Kidnapping for Ranson
Kidnapping for ransom appeazs to be on the rise
among Latin American terrorist groups because of the
potentially enormous financial rewards and the com-
paratively low risk cif arrest or prosecution. An exact
hostage count is not available because families usually
are instructed not to contact authorities, and the hos-
tage takers most times carry out their death threats if
ransom demands aze not met or if they are threatened
by government security forces. Further muddying the
waters, terrorists will try to mask their actions as crim-
inal behavior to avoid unwanted publicity.
? The Colombian Government reports that there were
1,822 kidnappings in Colombia in 1997, more than
half of which were carried out by the FARC and ELN.
e FARC and ELN
currently hold collectively well over 300 hostages,
about one-fourth of whom are foreign nationalsn
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