WikiLeaks cables expose Israeli military intrigues in Latin America

Posted on May 16, 2011 • Filed under: Colombia, Intelligence, Latin America News, Police/Military Activity

Diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks reveal that the security company Global CST—led by Maj. Gen. Israel Ziv, the former head of operations for the Israeli military—made such inroads into Latin America that US diplomats saw it as a security threat and moved to thwart the company’s expansion. The diplomats’ efforts were given an inadvertent boost when an interpreter for the Israeli firm was evidently caught passing on classified Colombian Defense Ministry documents to Marxist guerrillas, according to one cable cited by McClatchy Newspapers. Read Article

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