Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PARAMARIBO300
2006-05-22 19:09:00
SECRET
Embassy Paramaribo
Cable title:
JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME
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S E C R E T PARAMARIBO 000300
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR LLUFTIG, INL/LP NBOZZOLO, KBROWN
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/22/2016
TAGS: SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS CO
SUBJECT: JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME
REFTEL: USDAO BOGOTA CO IIR 6 819 922 06, P R 051855Z MAY
06
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARSHA E. BARNES, REASONS 1.4 (b)
& (d).
S E C R E T PARAMARIBO 000300
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR LLUFTIG, INL/LP NBOZZOLO, KBROWN
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/22/2016
TAGS: SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS CO
SUBJECT: JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME
REFTEL: USDAO BOGOTA CO IIR 6 819 922 06, P R 051855Z MAY
06
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARSHA E. BARNES, REASONS 1.4 (b)
& (d).
1. (U) Suriname's Minister of Justice and Police
Chandrikapersad Santokhi told journalists on May 17 that
transnational criminal organizations involved in the
weapons-for-drugs trade are working closely together in
Suriname and that the FARC is one of these organizations.
He made the statement upon leaving a Council of Ministers
meeting when he was speaking to media about his recent trip
to Canada for the 2006 International Drug Enforcement
Conference. He emphasized that Suriname remains a transit
country for drugs, but that international criminal
organizations from Colombia and other Latin American
countries operating in Suriname have moved the bulk of
their activities to Guyana due to lax control and
Suriname's recent success in combating trafficking.
2. (S) Rumors of FARC presence in Suriname continue. Recent
reporting in other channels also suggests FARC presence.
(See reftel). Equally plausible is that criminals
operating here have some business association with FARC,
rather than themselves being FARC members.
BARNES
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR LLUFTIG, INL/LP NBOZZOLO, KBROWN
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/22/2016
TAGS: SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS CO
SUBJECT: JUSTICE MINISTER CLAIMS FARC PRESENCE IN SURINAME
REFTEL: USDAO BOGOTA CO IIR 6 819 922 06, P R 051855Z MAY
06
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARSHA E. BARNES, REASONS 1.4 (b)
& (d).
1. (U) Suriname's Minister of Justice and Police
Chandrikapersad Santokhi told journalists on May 17 that
transnational criminal organizations involved in the
weapons-for-drugs trade are working closely together in
Suriname and that the FARC is one of these organizations.
He made the statement upon leaving a Council of Ministers
meeting when he was speaking to media about his recent trip
to Canada for the 2006 International Drug Enforcement
Conference. He emphasized that Suriname remains a transit
country for drugs, but that international criminal
organizations from Colombia and other Latin American
countries operating in Suriname have moved the bulk of
their activities to Guyana due to lax control and
Suriname's recent success in combating trafficking.
2. (S) Rumors of FARC presence in Suriname continue. Recent
reporting in other channels also suggests FARC presence.
(See reftel). Equally plausible is that criminals
operating here have some business association with FARC,
rather than themselves being FARC members.
BARNES