He was allegedly about to meet up with arms smugglers.

"Is it easier to do business with an arms smuggler?"

The arms smugglers arrive at the shack soon after the boys leave.

The city is plagued with target killings, drug trafficking, arms smugglers, land mafia and remains at high risk of political violence.

Some acknowledged that he had a reputation as an arms smuggler.

"There are also genuine cases of arms smugglers," one American official said, "though in our experience these are few and far between."

The more likely encounters, he said, would be with arms smugglers.

The world's master terrorist and arms smuggler saved his life?

He's an arms smuggler and dealer, not a drug dealer.

Insurgents from across the border as well as drugs and arms smugglers play a large role in the jungles here.