FARC Rebel Nabbed for Role in Kidnapping U.S. Contractors

Latin American Herald TribuneAug 24--Colombian police arrested in Bogota one of the FARC rebels implicated in the kidnapping of the three U.S. citizens rescued in Operation Jaque in July 2008, and in the slaying of another American and a soldier of this Andean country’s army, security officials said Saturday. Jose Armando Cadena Cabrera, alias “Broncoâ€_, was arrested Friday in the teeming Bogota district of Fontibon, the head of the Dijin criminal investigation unit of the National Police, Gen. Luis Gabriel Ramirez, said. The official told the press that the rebel was arrested during a police raid in coordination... [read full story]                    

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