Profiles
Elkin Alberto Arroyave Ruiz
| Charge Date: | Wed Dec. 4, 2002 |
| Investigation Type(s): | Informant, Sting |
| Charges: | Drug violations, Material support for terrorists |
| Outcome: | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions: | Material support for terrorists |
| State: | Texas |
| Alleged Affiliation: | United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) |
| Description: | Ruiz, along with Fanny Barrera-De Amaris, Uwe Jensen, Adriana Mora, Edgar Fernando Blanco Puerta, Carlos Romero-Panchano, and Carlos Varela, was arrested as part of Operation White Terror, a drugs and weapons sting. He worked with Romero-Panchano and Jensen, representing the United Self Defense Groups of Colombia (AUC) in a cocaine-for-arms deal. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. |
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