no small transaction. 1800 heat seeking missiles were sold to venezuela in 2009. biggest such transfer of missiles in the world in the past five years. the obvious danger is we are concerned that there is a significant risk that weapons could be deverted to the farc rebel group be in columbia and they get help from hugo chavez. that is not the only concern where the missiles end up. we fear they could be sold or traded to drug organizations including those in mexico which are actively seeking to acquire weapons for use against the government sources. that is a nightmare scenaro. if the cartel gets the missiles they could hold the mexican government hostage. there were intense diplomatic
no small transaction. 1800 heat seeking missiles were sold to venezuela in 2009. biggest such transfer of missiles in the world in the past five years. the obvious danger is we are concerned that there is a significant risk that weapons could be deverted to the farc rebel group be in columbia and they get help from hugo chavez. that is not the only concern where the missiles end up. we fear they could be sold or traded to drug organizations including those in mexico which are actively seeking to acquire weapons for use against the government sources. that is a nightmare scenaro. if the cartel gets the missiles they could hold the mexican government hostage. there were intense diplomatic effort to head off the