"Swedish" citizen linked to FARC.

[Black Sun Dimension]

Link.

Sweden has demanded an explanation from Venezuela as to why it was not informed about the arrest of one its nationals suspected of links to the FARC rebels or his extradition to Colombia.

"Sweden has asked Venezuela to explain why Swedish authorities were not informed when they arrested a Swedish citizen and extradited him to Colombia," Swedish foreign ministry spokesman Teo Zetterman told AFP, adding a diplomatic note had been sent Tuesday.

"We have not yet received an answer," he said.

Colombian-born Joaquin Perez Becerra, 55, who reportedly came to Sweden nearly 20 years ago as a political refugee, was arrested upon his arrival in Venezuela on Saturday on suspicion he was a member of the Marxist rebel group FARC.

Becerra, who had flown to Caracas from Frankfurt and was extradited to Colombia on Monday, reportedly runs ANNCOL, or New Colombia News Agency, a website critical of the Colombian regime and considered by Bogota to be closely linked to FARC.

Zetterman meanwhile said it remained unclear "what he has officially been accused of."

"We are concentrating on providing him with consular support... The Swedish embassy has been in contact with him and is following the case and has been in touch with his legal representation," he added.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has accused Becerra of being the "head of the international front of the FARC in Europe," insisting he had been wanted "for a long time" by Colombian authorities.

Interior Minister German Vargas meanwhile told reporters this week that Becerra "is not a Swedish citizen," but a Colombian "travelling under another identity and with a Swedish passport," insisting he could be tried in Colombia without any constraints.

Zetterman however told AFP Wednesday that Becerra had been granted Swedish
citizenship in 2000, insisting Sweden should have been informed about his arrest and extradition.

"There are cases where the person arrested does not want local authorities to contact the authorities in their home country," he acknowledged, adding "but in this case it was fairly clear that they should have contacted us."

[SwordoftheVistula]

Chavez is now arresting FARC members? That's good news. Too bad this moronic Swedish minister can't somehow end up in a South American prison as well.

[Black Sun Dimension]

Chavez is now arresting FARC members? That's good news. Too bad this moronic Swedish minister can't somehow end up in a South American prison as well.

Chavez is probably trying revindicate himself knowing that the computer files found in Raul Reyes', a FARC leader killed on 2008, are going public soon (if I remember correctly). There definetly something up his sleeve because on the past few months he has been very cooperative with the colombian goverment, which is kind of a rarity.

What boggles me is why Sweden granted asylum to a leftie with terrorist ties; should let this piece o' shit rot in prison.

[Black Sun Dimension]

What is your take on Sweden, or any other european countries for that matter, granting asylum to this kind of trash?

[Magister Eckhart]

What is your take on Sweden, or any other european countries for that matter, granting asylum to this kind of trash?

No coloured folk or non-Europeans in Europe. That's the ideal we should be aiming for.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Especially not these type of people.

[Black Sun Dimension]

http://www.thelocal.se/33494/20110430/

Venezuela slams Sweden over FARC deportee

Venezuela's foreign minister Nicolás Maduro is counterattacking Sweden in the Venezuelan press over the arrest and deportation of a Swedish citizen to Colombia.

The Swedish Foreign Ministry asked Venezuela in a note why they did not inform Sweden that they had arrested the 54-year-old Swede when he landed at Caracas International Airport last Saturday.

News agency TT reports that Maduro, in the Venezuelan newspaper El Universal, asked why “one of Interpol's wanted men” was able to travel outside the country.

The Swedish government has still not received an official response, a press secretary for the Swedish Foreign Ministry told TT.

Colombia is accusing the Swede of being the rebel group Farc's European boss and financier. The government in Bogota has been trying to find the man ever since he was granted political asylum in Sweden nearly 20 years ago.

Maduro told El Universal that Venezuela had followed international law in their handling of the situation. The arrest has been criticized by the opposition in Venezuela.

When Colombian authorities learned that the man was on his way to Venezuela, the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos called his counterpart Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and asked him to arrest and deport the man.

Police flew him to Bogota where the detention hearing was held on Tuesday.

Sweden's ambassador to Colombia had representatives present during the hearing, Anders Jörle, press secretary for the Swedish Foreign Ministry, told TT. “We have to see that he is treated correctly according to the law,” Jörle said to TT.

“We can't interfere ourselves but we can demand consular access to him,” he said.

Colombia says that evidence against the Swede consists of emails that were found on a computer belonging to the former Farc rebel leader Paul Reys, who is dead.

The Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the Swede was active with Farc for 30 years. The man denied working with Farc, but said as a journalist he had talked to the guerillas.

He is the editor for the internet site Anncol which is critical of the Colombian government. But the Colombian government says Anncol has ties to Farc.

http://anncol.eu/ the website got suspended up

This comment is funny as hell:

All the basics of a Swedish Passport Application:

Not an ethnic Swede, Check.

Probably never been to Sweden before Passport application, check.

Political Assylum, check.

Supports terrorism, check.

Member of an actual Terrorist group, check.

Doesn't pay Swedish taxes or serve in the Swedish Armed Forces, check.

No actual ties or loyalty to Sweden, check.

CONGRATULATIONS SIR, YOUR SWEDISH PASSPORT HAS BEEN APPROVED!!!!! Which Visa application would you like first, Afganistan, Pakistan, Iran, Palestein, Venezuela, Cuba or one of the other Socialist Workers Paradises. or Muddle-eastern hell holes.