World IN BRIEF : COLOMBIA : Report Ties Weapon Plot to Drug Figures
From Times staff and Wire reports
Associates of Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar have been trying to buy Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and machine guns in a plot to assassinate President Virgilio Barco Vargas, ABC News reported. One man has been arrested in Miami and charged with plotting to buy weapons illegally, according to unidentified sources quoted by the television network. An FBI spokesman in Miami said officials would hold a news conference on the subject today but he would not confirm or deny the arrest.
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