A former Israeli army officer wanted in Colombia on terror-related charges has been detained at a Moscow airport, the International Herald Tribune reported Tuesday. He is suspected of involvement in training militants for drug cartels in Colombia in the late 1980s.
Interfax and Channel One said the man’s last name was Klein but gave different first names.
In April, Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for Yair Klein, a former lieutenant colonel in the Israeli army, and two other Israelis accused of training private armies of Colombian drug cartels and right-wing death squads. They face nearly 11 years in prison if convicted on charges of criminal conspiracy and instruction in terrorism, Colombia’s domestic intelligence agency said at the time.
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If the story is acurate he should rot in jail!! theses drug cartels are responsible for the murder of THOUSANDS!!! This is a huge chilul hashem that should be condemned!!
as mamish a true bogotaner yid it is a horrible
shande and busha for the gantz klal yisroel to have a yid involved in such menuveldike activities
i have lived in colombia many many years of terror and to know that a jew is involved in the atrocities comitted by these cartels is an embarrasment to me personally and to klal yisroel
vus is a “bogotaner”???? is this a chassidishe sect??
These types of dealings are happening behind the headlines everywhere, you help my group, I help yours, shmear my palm and I do yours. When will the American army generals be convicted of terrorism instruction to the PoliceForces of Fatah and Hamas? Not just instruction but criminical action by supplying them with guns and more.
3. A Bogotaner is an Ish Bogota (ihr habira shel Colomia).
Just like a Flatbusher is an Ish Flatbush.
4. Please note the suspect is a FORMER Lt Col in Zahal. It is not unusual for former military officers (of any nation) to corrupt themselves by selling their expertise to the highest bidder.
L’choira, shouldn’t someone from Bogota be called a Bogatonian? Similar to people from Boston who are called Bostonians? Though I must say Bogataner sounds much frummer.
now that interpol arrested an israeli, maybe they can arrest two sets of iranians
1. those involved in bombing the argentenian jewish community building and the israeli embassy (arrest warrants issued by argentina to interpol) and
2. those involved in thought crimes of holocaust denial, anti semitism., and illegal nuclear weapons building in iran
oh yeah — they’re both the same people
and
interpol is currently run by several iranians