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REGION: NICARAGUA & PANAMA QUARREL OVER BLAME FOR ARMS SHIPMENT THAT WENT TO PARAMILITARIES IN COLOMBIA.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 16-MAY-02 		Format: Online - approximately 879 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported April 21 that a shipment of arms from Nicaragua--ostensibly destined for the Panamanian National Police--arrived in Colombia in a zone controlled by right-wing paramilitary forces. News of the shipment has caused an international furor, with officials of Nicaragua and Panama accusing each other of orchestrating an illegal arms sale.

The Guatemalan firm Grupo Internacional de Representantes (GIRSA), acting as broker, shipped the arms to Panama in October 2001, but they arrived in Colombia instead.

Nicaraguan police say shipment was legal

Nicaraguan police chief Edwin Cordero said he negotiated a deal with representatives of the Panamanian police in 1999. The deal was to trade 3,000 Nicaraguan AK-47 rifles and 5 million rounds of ammunition for Panamanian small arms, Uzi submachine guns, and bayonets. Police spokespersons said...

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