Colombia Reports

Honduras authorities alleged on Monday that Colombia's biggest illegal group the FARC has financed supporters of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya.

Police in Honduras seized a book and receipts that show payments between US$2,500 and $100,000 for officials of the Zelaya government to "spend in El Paraiso", a department on the frontier with Nicaragua where followers of Zelaya wait for the ousted President's return.

Honduras national police officer, Danilo Orellano, said that the payments were delivered by a former parliament candidate of the ruling Liberal Party and son of an official of the Zelaya government.

The origin of the money "... comes from South America, following (information found in) a computer that was seized from a leader of the FARC ... There is a partnership with some people here that lead our country," Orellano told local media.

"There are people who are directly involved [with the FARC] and who receive money from the FARC. I can say this directly," the police officer added.

The case will be transferred to the Public Ministry in Honduras.

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andrew said:

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aconcernedlocal said:

... IT IS EASY TO SAY SURE SURE WHEN UR SITTING AROUND LOOKING AT THE SITUATION FROM AFAR!....BUT MANY OF US LOCALS CAN PROVIDE NUMEROUS EXAMPLES AS HOW THIS IS TRUE. I AM SORRY THIS ARTICLE FORGOT TO MENTION THE NOTEBOOK THAT WAS FOUND BELONGING TO MR. EDUARDO REINA (THE SON OF THE CURRENT AMBASSADOR IN THE US) WHICH HELD THE LIST OF PEOPLE AND THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY WHICH HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED ALONG WITH SIGNED RECEIPTS. I AM ALSO SORRY THAT THAT THIS ARTICLE FORGOT TO MENTION THAT OVER THE WEEKEND THE DOLLAR WAS EXCHANGING AT 17 LEMPIRAS FOR 1 DOLLAR IN THE BLACK MARKET. (CURRENT EXCHANGE RATE IS 19.0274) AND THAT NOBODY CAN JUSTIFY WERE THAT SUDDEN INFLOW OF DOLLARS CAME INTO THE COUNTRY....SO YOU KEEP SAYING SURE SURE ... BUT COME SPEND A BIT OF TIME IN HONDURAS AND YOU WILL FIND IT EXTREMELY HARD TO MISS ALL THE EVIDENCE BEING FLAUNTED IN YOUR FACE! .... WWW. PJTV.COM FOR SOME TRUE REPORTING

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