BANEY, MICHAEL; DOC'S 1980 TO PRESENT RELATING IN WHOLE OR PART TO THE COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY & DRUG TRAFFICKER RAMON MARINA ISAZA ARANGO

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001368928
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01608
• Publication Date: October 10, 2006

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61. .' so currents dating fr~:,~m 1980 to the present date, including but not limited to cables, letters, memores~cda,
'.+'; ~ fYi ag papers, transcri~~ts, summaries, notes, emails, reports, dra}ls, and intelligence documents relating in
~,a, ~:~~ ~'E or in part to the C"olombian paramilitary and drug trafficker Ramon Marina Isaza Arango a/k/a ,El Viejo
~, , : ? f, ser request alt doc~rtments on the Autodefensas Campesinas del Magdalena Medio (Peasant Self-Defense
'~: :e s of Central Magdalena), the faction of the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia or AUC (United SetfDefens~
~~ ;~ ,: e s of Colombia) tlea,.t he leads.
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