Xiao Banfa
3rd March 2008, 04:49
I found this interesting that after the collapse of the USSR, a 'socialist' country, deformed workers' state, whatever, trained a member of the FARC-EP.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Enrique_Rodr%C3%ADguez
The following year, in 1992 Vargas was sent to Vietnam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam) to receive training in guerrilla tactics and ordnance and explosives training. Upon his return he was made commander of the 24th Front of the FARC-EP and commander of the Middle Magdalena region, guerrilla unit that operates in the southern region of Bolívar Department (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department). [3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Enrique_Rodr%C3%ADguez#_note-2) According to the Colombian Army, Vargas had also received training in the former Soviet Union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union).
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Enrique_Rodr%C3%ADguez
The following year, in 1992 Vargas was sent to Vietnam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam) to receive training in guerrilla tactics and ordnance and explosives training. Upon his return he was made commander of the 24th Front of the FARC-EP and commander of the Middle Magdalena region, guerrilla unit that operates in the southern region of Bolívar Department (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department). [3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Enrique_Rodr%C3%ADguez#_note-2) According to the Colombian Army, Vargas had also received training in the former Soviet Union (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union).