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Viewing cable 08PANAMA650, PANAMA: FARC REPORTEDLY LOOTS STORES IN THE DARIEN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08PANAMA650 2008-08-05 19:06 2011-05-31 00:00 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Panama 
VZCZCXYZ0013
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHZP #0650 2181906
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 051906Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2374
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NSC WASHDC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L PANAMA 000650 

SIPDIS 

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/04/2018 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PBTS PM CO
SUBJECT: PANAMA: FARC REPORTEDLY LOOTS STORES IN THE DARIEN 

Classified By: PolCouns Brian Naranjo for Reasons 1.4 (d) 

1.  (C)  The Panamanian media reported August 3 that 60 armed 
men had entered the village of BajoChiquito (est. 200 
population) in the Darien Province and looted a store. They 
reported that local residents of the region, which is in the 
Embera-Wounaan Area Number 1, reported that there had been 
several similar actions in the area over the last several 
days. The newspapers reported speculation that the men were 
members of the FARC's 57th Front, and increased fear in the 
region, as a result of the reported threats by the group to 
return to the area again in the future. Official reaction has 
been muted and limited to noting that the Panamanian National 
Police (PNP) had sent reinforcements into the area. 
Commissioner Frank Abrego, head of the PNP's Frontier Unit 
was in the area investigating. All public GOP commentary on 
this incursion has refrained  from mentinoing the term 
"FARC," opting instead for the generic "criminal elements."
The papers reported up to 200 PNP men may have been sent to 
reinforce units in the region. Comment: BajoChiquito is over 
25 miles inside Panama.

2.  Post will report on any further developments. 
STEPHENSON 

=======================CABLE ENDS============================