The rebel, Gerardo Aguilar, faces federal charges of exporting cocaine to the United States.
Zimmermann was investigated by a grand jury on charges of "exporting a munition," the same charge that would be levelled against an international arms dealer.
Instead he's spent the last 18 months in fear of being extradited on charges of exporting batteries from the US, from what turned out to be a fictitious company set up by the US authorities for entrapment purposes.
And earlier this year, retired UK businessman Christopher Tappin was extradited to the US on charges of exporting parts for Iranian missiles.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is in charge of export control policy, says the ministry is still studying the verdict.
He was put in charge of exports and soon won large contracts, including the sale of buses to Cuba.
As head of the Envigado Office's military wing, Alonso Villa – nicknamed "Raton" (the Mouse) – had more than 200 people under his command and was in charge of exporting cocaine to the US, Spain and the Netherlands via routes he and his organisation controlled.
In an enforcement action launched with the World Trade Organization, the U.S. said China failed to abide by a commitment to eliminate duties of 5%to20%0% charged on exports of materials, including cobalt, copper, graphite, lead and tin. .
Among other things, they wanted information about the Libyan centrifuge program to press charges of criminal export violations.
The charges of violating export laws were filed against a 52-year-old Iranian identified as Mohsen A. and a 49-year-old Iranian-German dual citizen identified as Dr. Behzad S., federal prosecutors said.
