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Operation Karina

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250: 223: 110:. They land the plane in the clandestine airfield where the weapons are stored, load them onto the plane with the help of local marijuana smugglers, and fly south towards the M-19's jungle stronghold in the 41:
to purchase a cargo ship capable of carrying 40 tons of cargo across the Atlantic all the way to Colombia. The team purchased an old cargo ship named the 'Roland Crussy', and sailed to Libya.
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Unable to find a suitable landing strip, the M-19 force the cargo plane's pilot to land in the
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and tries to disembark its load along Colombia's Pacific coastal region of
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was a large-scale weapons smuggling operation carried out by Colombia's
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In late June 1981, a team of M-19 operatives that included
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In order to move the weapons that were stashed near
278:"ADIÓS AL RENAULT 4 DE LOS MARES – Armada Nacional" 328:"Secuestro del Curtiss C-46 (HK-388) de Aeropesca" 44:In Libya, the ship was loaded with 1,000 Belgian 59:The weapons on the Zar are sailed to Colombia's 83:, and sunk. Three M-19 crew-members survived: 106:cargo plane belonging to the charter company 8: 37:, Germany, under orders from M-19 commander 48:combat rifles, and one million rounds of 52:ammunition. The ship then sailed to the 134: 16:Colombian weapons smuggling operation 7: 224:"clandestine airfield near Dibulla" 102:, another M-19 commando hijacks a 14: 148:El blog de Oiga Hermano, hermana 26:between June and November 1981. 302:Castro Caicedo, Germán (1998). 183:Castro Caicedo, Germán (1998). 1: 75:, but is intercepted by the 81:ARC Sebastián de Belalcázar 395: 210:Knight-Ridder News Service 306:. Planeta. p. 355. 142:Hermana, Oiga Hermano. 24:19th of April Movement 61:La Guajira Department 251:"Dibulla, Colombia" 342:"LA AEROGUERRILLA" 112:Caquetá Department 31:Jaime Guillot Lara 348:. 20 January 1986 386: 379:1981 in Colombia 358: 357: 355: 353: 338: 332: 331: 324: 318: 317: 299: 293: 292: 290: 288: 274: 268: 267: 265: 263: 247: 241: 240: 238: 236: 220: 214: 213: 205: 199: 198: 180: 174: 173: 165: 159: 158: 156: 154: 139: 20:Operation Karina 394: 393: 389: 388: 387: 385: 384: 383: 364: 363: 362: 361: 351: 349: 340: 339: 335: 326: 325: 321: 314: 301: 300: 296: 286: 284: 276: 275: 271: 261: 259: 249: 248: 244: 234: 232: 222: 221: 217: 207: 206: 202: 195: 182: 181: 177: 167: 166: 162: 152: 150: 141: 140: 136: 131: 119:Orteguaza River 89:Héctor Gonzales 17: 12: 11: 5: 392: 390: 382: 381: 376: 366: 365: 360: 359: 333: 319: 312: 294: 269: 242: 215: 200: 193: 175: 170:The Miami News 160: 133: 132: 130: 127: 85:Fernando Erazo 77:Colombian Navy 54:Canary Islands 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 391: 380: 377: 375: 372: 371: 369: 347: 343: 337: 334: 330:. 8 May 2017. 329: 323: 320: 315: 313:958-614-626-X 309: 305: 298: 295: 283: 282:Armada.mil.co 279: 273: 270: 258: 257: 252: 246: 243: 231: 230: 225: 219: 216: 211: 204: 201: 196: 194:958-614-626-X 190: 186: 179: 176: 171: 164: 161: 149: 145: 138: 135: 128: 126: 124: 123:dugout canoes 120: 115: 113: 109: 105: 101: 96: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 57: 55: 51: 47: 42: 40: 39:Jaime Bateman 36: 33:, arrived in 32: 27: 25: 21: 350:. Retrieved 345: 336: 322: 303: 297: 285:. Retrieved 281: 272: 260:. Retrieved 254: 245: 233:. Retrieved 227: 218: 209: 203: 184: 178: 169: 163: 151:. Retrieved 147: 137: 116: 104:Curtiss C-46 97: 69:Panama Canal 58: 43: 28: 19: 18: 256:Google Maps 229:Google Maps 187:. Planeta. 93:Jairo Rubio 368:Categories 346:Semana.com 129:References 374:Smuggling 304:El Karina 185:El Karina 108:Aeropesca 50:7.62×51mm 352:15 June 287:15 June 262:18 June 253:(Map). 226:(Map). 153:15 June 100:Dibulla 65:Dibulla 35:Hamburg 310:  235:6 June 191:  91:, and 46:FN FAL 79:ship 73:Chocó 354:2019 308:ISBN 289:2019 264:2019 237:2019 189:ISBN 155:2019 370:: 344:. 280:. 146:. 125:. 114:. 95:. 87:, 356:. 316:. 291:. 266:. 239:. 212:. 197:. 172:. 157:.

Index

19th of April Movement
Jaime Guillot Lara
Hamburg
Jaime Bateman
FN FAL
7.62×51mm
Canary Islands
La Guajira Department
Dibulla
Panama Canal
Chocó
Colombian Navy
ARC Sebastián de Belalcázar
Fernando Erazo
Héctor Gonzales
Jairo Rubio
Dibulla
Curtiss C-46
Aeropesca
Caquetá Department
Orteguaza River
dugout canoes
"Historias del M-19: "OPERACION AEROPESCA" *"
ISBN
958-614-626-X
"clandestine airfield near Dibulla"
Google Maps
"Dibulla, Colombia"
Google Maps
"ADIÓS AL RENAULT 4 DE LOS MARES – Armada Nacional"

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