Colombia Monday unveiled documents seized from guerrilla
leader Raúl Reyes, who was killed last Saturday by the
Colombian Army, which show an alliance, old contacts and even
financial aid between the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
The documents were disclosed by General Oscar Naranjo, head
of the Colombian National Police, in the Colombian government
palace during a news conference.
The records include a letter from Luis Devia, alias Raúl
Reyes, found in his computer. The letter stresses Chávez's
gratefulness for some USD 50,000 the FARC gave him when he
was in jail in 1992, after his failed coup d'etat, AP reported
According to Naranjo, the documents included a letter dated
last February from commander Luciano Marín, alias Iván
Márquez, a member of FARC Secretariat, to other colleagues.
In the letter, Márquez talks about "Venezuela's financing
to the FARC at USD 300 million."