What was the source of the article from which the above statement was taken?
We have a family member who recently returned to the States from a two-year posting in Bogotá. I visited there twice. All three groups, FARC, ELN, and the rightist paramilitary group, are all known to be involved with the drug trade in varying degrees.
The FARC (and I think the ELN) originated with a marxist philosophy. In actuality, that has deteriorated into mainly just raw fighting for power; although they use the marxist words to recruit students from the public universities.
Sigh. If it didn't seem so improbable, it would look as if there were some controlled manipulation of world events against the U.S./democracy.
You forgot to close your tags.
I'll do it for you.
/sarcasm