Suspected Colombian paramilitary leader Magaly Moreno captured in Venezuela

Suspected Colombian paramilitary leader Magaly Moreno captured in Venezuela
November 21, 2009 | 6:39 pm

A woman described by Venezuelan authorities as an important leader of a Colombian paramilitary group has been captured, the justice minister said today.


Interpol had called for the arrest of Magaly Janeth Moreno Vega, who was wanted by Colombian officials on homicide charges, said Venezuelan Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami. He referred to the 39-year-old suspect as a paramilitary chief for the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC.

Authorities said she was captured Thursday in Maracaibo, Venezuela. El Aissami said Moreno, nicknamed "The Pearl," deals with "extremely important information" for the paramilitary group.

El Aissami, who spoke on state television, accused Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of "institutional and moral decay" for his government's ties to paramilitary groups that "attack our people and threaten peace and order."

Moreno previously worked as an investigator for Colombian prosecutors and was detained with her boss several years ago on accusations of aiding militias, according to news reports. Moreno was convicted on conspiracy charges tied to various crimes after she acknowledged working for paramilitary boss Jorge Ivan Laverde, who has said he participated in the killings of more than 2,000 people, the Associated Press reported.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2009/11/venezuela-police-colombia-paramilitary-chief-magaly-janeth-moreno-vega-the-pearl.html

Venezuela seizes Colombia-linked paramilitary chief
November 22, 2009 - 7:39AM

Venezuelan police captured a leader of a Colombia-linked paramilitary force, the interior minister announced Saturday amid sky-high military tensions between the South American neighbours.

Magaly Janeth Moreno Vega was captured Thursday by Venezuelan police in Maracaibo near the countries' northern border, said Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami, describing the 39-year-old wanted by Interpol as the "paramilitary chief" of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

"She is nicknamed... 'The Pearl' within the AUC" and "handles extremely important information," El Aissami said.

Bogota, however, promptly hailed her arrest, vowing to seek her extradition from Venezuela to be tried for various crimes in her native Colombia.

The AUC claims it took up arms to fight leftist rebels that have waged a decades-long insurgency in Colombia, but it also stands accused of having executed thousands of civilians.

El Aissami said Moreno Vega was, along with a colleague, in charge of "relations between the AUC and Colombian security forces, that is, the DAS (the Colombian intelligence agency), army and police."

The minister called Moreno Vega a "confidante" of former Colombian attorney general Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza, the current ambassador to Mexico, and said the arrest was evidence of "aggression" against Venezuela.

Speaking on state television VTV, El Aissami accused Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of "institutional and moral decay" for his government's ties to paramilitary groups that "attack our people, and threaten peace and order."



More:
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/venezuela-seizes-colombialinked-paramilitary-chief-20091122-isdp.html

on, say, "drug trafficking" charges--after she is extradited to Colombia. She sounds like someone who KNOWS TOO MUCH.

Not just about Colombia's dirty dealings, but about the Bushwhacks and Pentagon war plans.

And what the heck was she DOING in Maracaibo? (That's a hotbed of fascist secessionists and coup planners.) I hope Venezuela finds out, before they send her on her way.

makes her a walking timebomb. She REALLY knows where the bodies are buried.

No doubt you are right:the US will announce a need to try her here on drug charges, or go for broke and try her for terrorism, since they pretend to view AUC as terrorists, completely burying the fact even the human rights groups have drawn the connections between them and the military and the Colombian fascist politicians. Everyone knows the connection with narcotraffickers, death squads goes right up to the President's cabinet, his relatives, and closer, and all the way back to his father.

If they can't get her to the U.S.A., they will probably murder her and claim FARCs killed her.

Say she worked for the AG. Says she worked extracting docs from para computers. (Hm.) I've asked EFerrari to look at the vid and see if there is more.

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GOOGLE Spanish to English translation

Requested Interpol for murder
CICPC arrested paramilitary leader in Maracaibo
linked to Uribe Government

Magally Moreno Vera, aka "La Perla"
worked in the Attorney General
Colombia / Handling relationships
between the AUC
Colombia (AUC) and the bodies of
Safety / Moreno was a person of
trust's former Attorney General
Colombian Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza
current Ambassador of Colombia in Mexico

The Body of Research
Scientific, Penal and Criminal
(CICPC) stopped on 19
November in the city of Maracaibo,
Zulia state, the paramilitary
Colombian Magally Janeth Moreno Vera
requested by the Police
Interpol (international by name
in English) for murder, under the
order red notice.

This was announced by Minister of Power
Popular for Foreign Affairs and
Justice, Tarek El Aissami, this
Saturday, at a press conference from the
CICPC headquarters on Avenida Urdaneta
the cit y of Caracas, in the company
the directors of this body
police.

He said the detainee, nicknamed within the Self-Defense of Colombia (AUC) paramilitary boss as "The Pearl", 39 years old, was an assistant in 2002 and 2003, an official of the Attorney General of Colombia, Ana Maria Flores, currently in prison.

The Minister pointed out that Moreno and Flores Aissami worked in the Attorney General of Colombia, took charge of the relations between the United Self-Defense of Colombia (AUC) and the Colombian security forces: Department of Administrative Security (DAS), Army and Police.

Magaly Moreno also reported that confidence was a person of Luis Camilo Osorio Isaza, current Ambassador of Colombia to Mexico and former Attorney General of that country. "That is, a paramilitary leader was Assistant Attorney General of Colombia," the head of the Interior and Justice.