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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYREPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCEWARNING: INFORMATION

REPORT CLASS 8 E eRE ~-I IDIST: 14 OCTOBER 1997

COUNTRY: COLOMBIASUBJ: PEASANTS' AND GUERRILLAS' VIEWS TOWARD THE ENTRANCE OF

PARAMILITARIES INTO CAQUETA DEPARTMENT:I.••. 1

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DOl: LATE AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER 1997

SOURCE: SEE PARAGRAPHS ONE AND SIX BELOW.-----------------------------------------------------------------I

SUMMARY: IN LATE SEPTEMBER 1997, COCA FARMERS IN CAQUETADEPARTMENT SAID LOCAL PEASANTS FEAR THE ARRIVAL OF PARAMILITARIES,WHOSE PRESENCE COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE. THE GUERRILLASINTEND TO ELIMINATE PARAMILITARY FORCES THAT ENTER CAQUETA. THEFARC NO•1. WANTS MAYORAL CANDIDATES TO REMAIN IN LOCAL RACES BECAUSE

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IT DOES NOT WANT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO START APPOINTING MAYORS vlHOM THE GUERRILLAS COUL'D NOT CONTROL. THE MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN THE YARI PLAINS HAS RESULTED IN NO SIGNIFICANT GUERRILLA LOSSES AS OF LATE SEPTEMBER. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY FARTHER SOUTH, IN PUTUMAYO DEPARTMENT, AS OF LATE SEPTEMBER BUT THERE ARE RUMORS OF A PARfu~ILITARY PRESENCE.

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