Throughout history there have been many events that have been linked to School of the America's graduates. An event that has happened in the past couple year was a placement of bombs in a shopping mall and other public place in Bogota in 2006. This is linked to Colonel HoracioArbelaez, former director of the Army's Joint Intelligence Center;Major Javier Efrén Hermida Benavides; and Captain Luis Eduardo Barrero who are all graduates from the school.
Another more recent event happened in August 2007 when the colombian Army's third brigade went under inspection. It was found out that this part of the army had been protecting Diego Montoya who is the leader of the Norte del Valle Cartel. Which is a big drug cartel in Colombia. Montoya was also on the Fbi's top ten most wanted list. Thirteen high ranking army officials were arrested because of this and over half of them graduated from the School of the America's.
One final event happened on March and April 2007, Where Mario Montoya who the highest ranking colombian military official was investigated for being linked to the colombian paramilitaries which is considerd by the U.S. to be a terrorist organozation. They are financed by drug trafficing and have been linked to many crimes. Montoya graduated from the school in 1983 and was an instuctor to the school in 1993.
Thouhgout colombia's history and all of South America graduates of the School of the America's have been doing wrong things from the begining. They are taught to do these things and innocent lives die because of it. It is wrong that the U.S. is funding such a school and it should be stopped. It is nothing but trouble as these events show.
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Interesting information. Why is the Colombian government unable to ensure the loyalty of highly trained soldiers?
Its sad that those kinds of events can be lead by one person. It's even sadder that the U.S. basically supports them by funding their school. good job.
You used dates, events, and people well. The introduction could have said that you were doing it about Colombia though; Colombia isn't mentioned until the second paragraph and knowing the at the beginning would have made it easier to understand.
It's sad that the US is basically funding these criminals to learn how to become more violent more efficiently.
AS we read these reports, we can begin to see the vast web of terror, hate and violence that exists in this part of the world. WE can also see that, while we, the U.S., may not be the instigators, we certainlydo play a very big part in keeping the violence in full force. What, then, is our responsibility as informed citizens and Christians in regard to the SOA? Standing against injustice is not philosophical!
I cannot believe the US is basically funding this. I agree with Kaley. It is very upseting.
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