Farc 'co-ordinator' held in Spain

Maria Remedios Garcia Albert is said to have worked for an NGO Spanish police say they have arrested the representative of the left-wing Colombian rebel group Farc in Spain. Maria Remedios Garcia Albert, a Spanish national, was detained near Madrid, as part of a joint operation by the Spanish and Colombian authorities. She faces charges of being part of an armed group and managing the rebel group's finances in Europe. Farc, which has waged a 44-year civil war in Colombia, is considered a terrorist group by the EU and the US. The Colombian authorities have recently warned that large amounts of money raised from cocaine by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - or Farc - are often invested in Europe. The BBC's Steve Kingstone in Madrid says it is alleged that under the cover of her job with a non-governmental... [read full story]