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Caribbean-Latin America |
Colombia captures Farc kidnapper |
2009-03-01 |
![]() "El Negro Antonio" is a Farc guerrilla with 33 arrest warrants outstanding against him. The operation took place in the mountain range of Sumapaz in Cundinamarca province. It is a severe setback for the Farc, not just because of the number of rebels killed and captured, but because it hinders its plans to reopen a movement corridor into the capital, Bogota. It was along this corridor that El Negro Antonio used to move kidnap victims out of Bogota and into the rebel-controlled lowland jungles. Under their new leader Alfonso Cano, the Farc rebels have been seeking to retake the initiative snatched from them over the last five years by the US-backed military. The rebels are seeking to bring their four-decade-old war back into the cities, particularly Bogota, where their attacks have far greater impact than in the countryside. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Off with Black Tony's Farcing head! |
Posted by: Alistaire Glick9798 2009-03-01 11:43 |