NewsWhore
10-20-2008, 02:10 PM
The massacre that took place on 4 August in Paya, Bani, where seven Colombians were murdered, has uncovered an organized gang of drug traffickers led by high-ranking naval officers, operating at the very heart of the institution. It also emerged that this 'mafia' controlled illegal boat trips to Puerto Rico. Yesterday, according to Diario Libre, Navy chief of staff Vice-Admiral Cesar Ventura Bayonet named Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Guzman Perez as the principal leader of what he said was "a gang of drug traffickers and murderers" that was dismantled by the Navy. The military chief also announced the arrest of the First Lieutenant who took a direct part in the murder of the seven Colombians in Paya. The intelligence branch of the Navy, M-2, had been following the activities of Guzman Perez and others for three years since receiving information that they had been "bought" by drug traffickers. Investigations revealed that the group was also involved in the organization of illegal boat trips to Puerto Rico. In a statement to Diario Libre, Ventura Bayonet said: "Another officer is in the process of being arrested, but we cannot get ahead of ourselves because it could harm the operation. Until he is detained we cannot give out names. There is also a former sergeant that we are in the process of arresting."
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