Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Escobar seen hiring guerrillas for attacks Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 16:22:11 EST Message-ID: \SE A;TOP OF THE NEWS;WORLD \HD Escobar seen hiring guerrillas for attacks \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS \DT BOGOTA, Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia - Fugitive drug boss Pablo Escobar is hiring members of a guerrilla front based in Medellin to carry out attacks against the city's police, a senior government official said Friday. "We now know that Escobar is hiring the guerrillas to carry out bombings and kill police because [the rebels] are more militarily sophisticated than the cartel's regular hit men," the official told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. He said the rebels belong to the National Liberation Army, Colombia's second-largest guerrilla group. The group has an estimated 2,000 members compared with 6,000 combatants in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the largest rebel organization in the country. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM