▁would ▁be ▁murder ed ▁and ▁that ▁U . S . ▁f um ig ation ▁plan es ▁should ▁be ▁shot ▁down . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 1 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Jam al ▁You sef , ▁a . k . a . ▁" T al al ▁Hass an ▁Gh ant ou ", ▁a ▁native ▁of ▁Leb anon , ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁ 1 2 ▁years ▁in ▁prison ▁for ▁consp iring ▁to ▁provide ▁military - grade ▁weapons ▁to ▁the ▁F uer zas ▁Arm adas ▁Revol ucion arias ▁de ▁Colombia ▁( the ▁F AR C ), ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁over ▁a ▁ton ▁of ▁c oca ine . ▁You sef ▁ple aded ▁guilty ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁to ▁one ▁count ▁of ▁providing ▁material ▁support ▁to ▁the ▁F AR C . ▁ ▁Kid n app ings ▁▁ ▁The ▁F AR C - EP ▁carried ▁out ▁both ▁r ans om ▁and ▁polit ically ▁motiv ated ▁kid n app ings ▁in ▁Colombia ▁and ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁such ▁kid n app ings ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁gu err illas ▁initially ▁target ed ▁the ▁families ▁of ▁drug ▁tra ff ick ers , ▁the ▁wealth y ▁upper - class ▁and ▁foreign ers ▁but ▁the ▁group ▁later ▁expanded ▁its ▁kid n apping ▁and ▁ext ort ion ▁operations ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁middle - class . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁peace ▁negoti ations , ▁F AR C ▁p led ged ▁to ▁stop ▁kid n apping ▁and ▁condem ned ▁the