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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (681539)5/5/2005 10:17:12 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 769670
 
Colombia nabs two U.S. soldiers for arms smuggling

May 4, 2005
By REUTERS
Filed at 8:39 p.m. ET

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Colombian police have arrested two American soldiers for suspected arms trafficking in the second scandal to hit the U.S. military here in just over a month, police and the U.S. embassy said on Wednesday.

The two unidentified soldiers were found with 32,000 rounds of 9-mm ammunition in a condominium in the central Colombian town of Carmen de Apicala on Tuesday.

Police said they suspected the two stole the ammunition -- suitable for pistols or submachine guns -- from the Colombian army and planned to sell it to illegal far-right paramilitaries....

nytimes.com