Biography
A Colombian national arrested in an FBI sting code-named Operation White Terror, Elkin Alberto Ruiz acted as a potential customer in a weapons-for-cocaine scheme. Ruiz said the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia would supply the cocaine in exchange for weapons.
Case characteristics: FBI sting operation, FBI confidential informant, cooperated with prosecutors.
Case data and description from The Intercept's Trial and Terror project (Trevor Aaronson and Margot Williams), licensed CC BY-NC. Source: https://github.com/theintercept/trial-and-terror-data
Case
Miami FCI
