[Marxism] Israelis wanted for training Colombian Death squads

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

Israelis training death squads in Colombia
Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:59:15

The Interpol issued an arrest warrant for three Israelis who are  
accused of training Colombian private armies, right-wing death squads  
and drug cartels, Israeli Ynetnews reported.

The Ynetnews added that the three Israelis, Yair Klein, Melnik Ferri  
and Abraham Tzedaka are wanted for charges of criminal conspiracy,  
and instruction in terrorism. If convicted, they could face 11 years  
in prison.

The statements were made by a spokesperson of the Colombian Domestic  
Intelligence, talking on condition of anonymity.

Also, the three Israelis are accused of helping set up training camps  
in order to train private armies working for drug lords Pablo Escobar  
and Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha. The camps are meant to train the  
mercenaries about explosives, car bombs and high-profile killings,  
the Ynetnews added.

One of the accused Israelis, Klein, appeared in a video filmed in  
1998. The video is used to train far-right squads.

The Ynetnews also said that Klein spent 16 months in a prison in  
Sierra Leon for his role in what is known as “gun-for-blood” diamonds  
deal.

Klein was interviewed in Israel by the Carocal TV in March, and  
denied that he ever worked with the cocaine cartels, but said that he  
trained far-right death squads on methods to “eliminate leftists  
insurgency”, the Ynetnews said.

According to Klein, he was originally hired “with the blessing of the  
Colombian Defense Ministry”. His job was to organize the security of  
the banana industry in Uraba region.

Many of the mercenaries he trained carried some of the most brutal  
massacres in Columbia.

Bur Klein argues that these squads are not “trained to kill” and that  
they are trained to defend themselves.

Also, Escobar is behind bringing down airplanes, detonating police  
headquarters and offered his army of assassins a set rate for the  
killing of policemen, the Ynetnews said.

In 1993, Escobar was shot down by the police in Madelin, his  
hometown, while Gacha was killed by the police in 1989.

SO/IS
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