SMUGGLING OF ARMS INTO COLOMBIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009200110005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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3U1 1EC1 Smaggl ng of Acme Into Colombia
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Edaardo F'r:nco?*guerr a. leader in the Maws . owner of the
moxtorboat CAIMMA., which braves between Panamanian and Colombian
pots? is reportedly in a posita.on to obtain r t or quantity
of gums and to bring them into Golombia clandestinely, Carlos bras
l strf:po who is a member of tbs. National. Directorate of the Liberal
Party,; lea d this in Cartagena recently, and he has indioa d a
desire to meet Franco
Franc() is reported to have info: mad Llerras through a th.-Ird person
;;that -where is a 'foreigner" in "Verto Uvldia. Pan; 1, who offers to
obtain and eU quantity of arms types ranging from pistols to
ma7h ine gwis., Franco offers to transport these arms to any point
on 1 Colombian con,,, but he pa =t y refuses to negotiate the
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deal. hsmself He has reportedl;r suggested that M eras designate a.
th 3 person r;bo can go to Puer:o Obaldia with Franco and there contact
the p n'son ab to obtain. the a: ,
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