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Colombia
Location
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Total Mentions
16
Documents
245
Connected Entities
Sovereign state in South America
Colombia appears in the archive only as a place that comes up in passing: in market and investment tables, news articles, and reference text. No document shows Epstein or anyone around him having a specific tie to the country.
Sixteen documents mention Colombia, and none is direct correspondence about it. The largest group is emails, mostly forwarded news pieces, investment research and newsletters. Two are investment records, which are country-by-country tables listing Colombia among Latin American markets. Others include a government-related email about the extradition of alleged ELN members on narco-terrorism charges, a news item on Venezuela's Carvajal and the aid confrontation at the Colombian border, and a 2012 Secret Service scandal in Colombia. One email, from a federal-agent type of sender, says they will be 'in Colombia' before returning to West Palm Beach. The one dated newsletter (June 2018, The Washington Post, sent to Epstein's own Yahoo account) mentions Colombia's president-elect seeking unity. Nothing here describes Epstein doing business, traveling or socializing in Colombia.
Key Highlights
- •Colombia is a topic in the files, not an actor. It appears as a country in news, market data and reference text rather than as a place tied to Epstein.
- •Two investment records (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026572 and HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030848) list Colombia in country tables alongside Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. These look like generic market surveys.
- •Several financial emails mention Colombia as a market: a recommendation of a basket of Latin American long bonds (Mexico, Brazil, Colombia), and an FOMC meeting preview chart comparing emerging-market currencies.
- •Law-enforcement items mention Colombia as a source of cocaine and as the origin of alleged ELN members extradited to U.S. federal court on narco-terrorism charges (EFTA00015646). The context is a third-party news or briefing item, not a case involving Colombia as a subject.
- •One email (EFTA00019172) has a sender saying they will be in South Carolina and then Colombia, back in West Palm Beach on the 9th. The files do not say why they are going or tie the trip to Epstein.
- •Other mentions are historical or background. They include Ingrid Betancourt's 2002 kidnapping by guerrillas (a TED newsletter), the Panama Canal Zone's separation from Colombia, the 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal in Cartagena, and a list of countries where a researcher worked.
- •The only dated document is from June 2018. Most of the other mentions are undated.
- •The strongest links to other entities (Columbia University, Michael Bloomberg, Chile, the Philippines, Donald Trump) most likely come from documents that list many countries or names at once. They do not suggest a real relationship.
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EFTA00008020 - EFTA00008119
4 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
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Page: EFTA00008028 →TED2017: The future you
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014951 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014971
Source: House Oversight Committee
Ingrid Betancourt was a presidential candidate in Colombia in 2002 when she was kidnapped by guerilla rebels
No Subject
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016111 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016196
Jun 30, 2016Source: House Oversight Committee
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Ethan Frome
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017060 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017087
Jan 18, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
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Jacmel, Haiti
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019448 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019464
May 17, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
ports. U.S. (43.8%), China (5.4%), Brazil (4.1%), Colombia (2.9%) were the main countries of import to Haiti
26 May.doc
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023517 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023544
May 25, 2011Source: House Oversight Committee
HT_023541 --- PAGE BREAK --- 26 revolt against Colombia to acquire what became the Panama Canal Zone in 1
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025147 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025162
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
s conducted research in Bolivia, Botswana, Chile, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Mauriti
FOMC March Meeting Preview
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025663 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025698
Nov 17, 2017Source: House Oversight Committee
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The JPMorgan View - 11.09.12.pdf
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026572 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026579
Nov 9, 2012Source: House Oversight Committee
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029218 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029220
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
or fired following a 2012 prostitution scandal in Colombia, Obama administration officials repeatedly denied
JPM_The J.P. Morgan View_2013-03-28_1084792.pdf
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030848 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030855
Mar 28, 2013Source: House Oversight Committee
tates Canada Latin America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Mexico Peru Uruguay Venezuela Asia/Pacifi
jb20%3D/42/116/15f3b97bc045b697174cae7423648e71> Colombia’s president-elect seeks unity after polarizing vo
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1 mention
rets as intelligence chief, adds a dose of unexpected pressure on the president just three days before the confrontation over aid at the border with Colombia. Mr. Carvajal's accusations also added a new twist to the unfolding drama: a willingness to provide evidence that could be used against Mr. Maduro'
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ations will make their initial appearances in U.S. federal court on charges of narco-terrorism and distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia. This is the first time believed members of the National Liberation Army (Ejercito de Liberaci6n Nacional aka ELN) have been extradited to the Unite
Page: EFTA00015649 →No Subject
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014731 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014787
Nov 21, 2016Source: House Oversight Committee
a basket of LatAm long bonds (Mexico, Brazil and Colombia). ¢ But in the near term, we urge caution with t
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certainly whichever agent(s) would be potentially handling such an investigation should be there. I am still in South Carolina and then will be in Colombia, back in West Palm Beach on the 9th. Please just let me know whom to expect so I can let the bosses know. Thank you. EFTA00019172
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