Arms dealer offered weapons to kill Americans in Colombia

The U.S. government has charged an international arms dealer with conspiring to sell a rebel group millions of dollars in weapons ''to be used to kill Americans in Colombia,'' federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Viktor Bout, who was recently captured in Thailand, had agreed to sell the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) surface-to-air missiles, armor-piercing rocket launchers, ''ultralight'' airplanes, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other weapons...

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