RAND: MILITARY AID TO COLOMBIA SPARKED SURGE IN SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING

/ December 8, 2003 at 5:00 AM
Recent U.S. military aid to Colombia has "fanned the flames" of violence in the nation, triggering a wave of small arms trafficking among insurgent groups involved in a civil war, according to a recent Rand study. Published earlier this month, the report provides an analysis of black market sources for small arms, explosives, equipment, ammunition and materiel used by rebel factions in Colombia. It also identifies the routes used by arms traffickers to acquire and transfer weapons. Based on a...

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