Guerrilla leader arrested
Bogota, Aug 24 (EFE),- The second in command of the dissolved
Popular
Liberation Army (EPL) guerrilla organization, Wilfredo Martinez
Giraldo, was
arrested Tuesday while visiting a secret factory for making uniforms
in
Bucamaranga, army sources reported in Bogota.
Three more rebels, including a woman, were arrested in the same
army operation.
Military spokesmen said that Martinez, also nicknamed Beto, was
second in
command in the EPL.
The group operated in a vast region of the northeastern section
of the country and
was one of the most active in the group, which broke off with
the EPL when the
latter signed a peace accord with the government eight years
ago.
The sources said that, during the operation, the army seized 170
army and police
uniforms, some not quite finished and others ready for distribution,
along with
several sewing machines, three cellular phones and 256 dollars.
Three other rebels were taken into custody. Apparently, they were
part of the
urban guerrillas operating in Bucamaranga. EFE