{"id":7399,"date":"2014-11-24T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T00:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=7399"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:42:29","slug":"colombia-zar-coltan-vinculos-farc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/colombia-zar-coltan-vinculos-farc\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia captura a &#8216;zar del colt\u00e1n&#8217; con v\u00ednculos con las FARC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las autoridades de Colombia han capturado a un operario clave que facilit\u00f3 la venta de colt\u00e1n y uranio para los grupos guerrilleros de las FARC y el ELN; un caso que destaca el papel que juegan los&nbsp;funcionarios corruptos en la lucrativa industria minera ilegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En una operaci\u00f3n conjunta llevada a cabo por la Armada Nacional y la unidad investigativa de la Fiscal\u00eda General, las autoridades arrestaron a Juan Jos\u00e9 Rivera Su\u00e1rez, conocido como el \u201czar de colt\u00e1n\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eltiempo.com\/politica\/justicia\/cae-ficha-de-las-farc-y-eln-en-millonario-negocio-de-coltan-y-uranio\/14867845\" target=\"_blank\">inform\u00f3 El Tiempo<\/a>. Seg\u00fan los investigadores, Rivera utiliz\u00f3 una empresa legal para exportar cargamentos de colt\u00e1n y otros minerales que hab\u00edan sido extra\u00eddos ilegalmente en reservas ind\u00edgenas protegidas. Los minerales fueron enviados a Estados Unidos, donde el colt\u00e1n se utiliz\u00f3 en f\u00e1bricas de computadores y electrodom\u00e9sticos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tanto declaraciones de testigos como la interceptaci\u00f3n de comunicaciones indican que la red de Rivera ten\u00eda en su n\u00f3mina a funcionarios del gobierno locales y departamentales y a miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante la operaci\u00f3n de captura de Rivera, las autoridades incautaron 375 kilos de minerales, incluyendo uranio, que los investigadores creen que fue comprado en Venezuela e iba con destino a Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las autoridades est\u00e1n investigando presuntos v\u00ednculos entre empresas estadounidenses y la red criminal de Rivera, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elespectador.com\/noticias\/judicial\/investigan-presuntos-nexos-entre-empresas-de-estados-un-articulo-528869\" target=\"_blank\">inform\u00f3 El Espectador<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) <a href=\"\/news\/briefs\/colombia-seizes-17-tons-coltan-farc\" target=\"_blank\">est\u00e1n involucradas en la miner\u00eda de colt\u00e1n<\/a>, tanto en el oriente de Colombia como en Venezuela, y utilizan el mineral para financiar la insurgencia. Como lo demuestra el caso de Rivera, las FARC dependen de intermediarios y funcionarios p\u00fablicos corruptos para exportar el mineral, el cual es utilizado para la fabricaci\u00f3n de dispositivos electr\u00f3nicos. En 2011, el exdirector de la polic\u00eda de Colombia declar\u00f3 que el Cartel de Sinaloa estaba <a href=\"\/news\/analysis\/sinaloa-cartel-expands-influence-in-colombia\" target=\"_blank\">trabajando con las FARC<\/a> para explotar y comercializar el colt\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">VEA TAMBI\u00c9N: <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"\/noticias-sobre-crimen-organizado-en-colombia\/farc\" target=\"_blank\">Noticias y perfiles de las FARC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan documentos incautados en el campamento del fallecido l\u00edder de las FARC Ra\u00fal Reyes, este grupo tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1&nbsp;<a href=\"\/news\/analysis\/terrorist-groups-in-latin-america-the-changing-landscape\" target=\"_blank\">involucrado en el tr\u00e1fico de uranio<\/a>. Esto es especialmente preocupante debido a que el uranio puede ser utilizado para crear bombas nucleares, y las FARC podr\u00edan estar vendiendo el material a grupos terroristas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Ej\u00e9rcito de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (ELN) tambi\u00e9n<a href=\"\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/eln-profundiza-su-participacion-en-la-mineria-ilegal\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;obtiene ingresos a trav\u00e9s de la miner\u00eda ilegal<\/a>&nbsp;mediante la extorsi\u00f3n a mineros por trabajar en su territorio y por ingresar maquinaria minera a territorio del ELN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las autoridades de Colombia han capturado a un operario clave que facilit\u00f3 la venta de colt\u00e1n y uranio para los grupos guerrilleros de las FARC y el ELN; un caso que destaca el papel que juegan los&nbsp;funcionarios corruptos en la lucrativa industria minera ilegal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":41638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[334],"tags":[368,421,1542,456],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[3902],"class_list":["post-7399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-del-dia","tag-colombia-pais","tag-el-eln","tag-farc-ep","tag-mineria","entry"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/colombia-zar-coltan-vinculos-farc\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Colombia captura a &#8216;zar del colt\u00e1n&#8217; 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