defendant spoke to John 40, who was the commander of the 16th Front at that time, and resolved the matter so that he was able to continue working for the FARC. (Trial Tr. AM Session 22-23, 29, Mar. 18, 2010.) Vargas said he knew this had occurred because the defendant told him about it and Vargas "had contact with the 16th  the people from the FARC." (Trial Tr. AM Session 22, Mar. 18, 2010.)
Vargas said that for "[a]bout a year or more" after that he and the defendant lived together and "saw each other every day" working together on the border of Venezuela and "buying uniforms, ammunition, weapons, pistols, [and] that sort of thing" for the 16th Front. (Trial Tr. AM Session 20-21, 25-26, 29, Mar. 18,2010.) Vargas said he knew the defendant only by the names "Ruben" and "Chiguiro" and explained that a chiguiro is an animal in Colombia that "is really good at diving" and the defendant was called "Chiguiro" because "he was a really good swimmer." (Trial Tr. AM Session 26-27, Mar. 18, 2010.) Vargas said he also heard other people call the defendant "Gargantilla" or "Choker, because of a scar that he has on his neck, or sometime [sic] he was called Animal, because his nickname was Chiguiro, and that's an animal, and so they called him animal." (Trial Tr. AM Session 27-28, Mar. 18, 2010.) He also relayed an experience when the defendant was hospitalized with a broken leg and needed money to get out of the hospital, so