Combating corruption/ Colombia

Colombia's Attorney General's office has issued five arrest warrants as part of an investigation into whether bribes were paid by Italian construction company SICIM to Marxist rebels to guarantee the security of its employees, an official said on Thursday.

The warrants were issued for two SICIM workers and three members of guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN), an official from the Attorney General's office, who was not authorized to speak on the subject, told Reuters.

SICIM workers Roberto Jorge Rigoni from Argentina and Francisco Elizondo from Spain face charges of financing terrorism, rebellion and extortion, the official said. It is unclear if the two remain in Colombia.

Colombia issues arrest warrants in probe of bribes paid to rebels