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| Colombian President Uribe's would-be assassin arrested |
| 2007-08-23 |
| (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's would-be assassin, a female member of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been captured in the southern province of Caqueta, the military announced on Tuesday. Smith Duarte, a 30-year-old woman, was arrested on charges of rebellion and terrorism. The woman, also known as Aura Maria Morales, is accused of attempting to kill Uribe on April 21, 2005, when the president was touring the city of Neiva, capital of Huila province in southwestern Colombia. Duarte and two other suspects fired a rocket at Uribe's plane on landing at Neiva airport, but failed to hit the target. The would-be assassins immediately fled the scene after the attack. Military police later searched a house close to the airport and found a U.S.-made M72 rocket. |
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