Gustavo Guillermo Moncayo Rincon

Hopes for Farc kidnap victim

Gustavo Moncayo prays he will be reunited with his son this week, 12 years after he was seized by guerrillas In late December 1997, Gustavo Moncayo received a phone call from his son Pablo, 19, who was doing his military...

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Colombian rebels say will free two of 24 hostages

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian rebels said on Sunday they will free two hostages in a unilateral gesture that could set the stage for a comprehensive exchange of prisoners held by both sides in the country's 45-year-old guerrilla...

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Colombian rebels issue video of kidnapped soldier

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian guerrillas on Thursday released a video of a soldier kidnapped nearly 12 years ago, a step that could help set the stage for the release of the gaunt, frightened-looking hostage.

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Uribe Changes Tack on Release of Rebels' Hostages

Colombia's Uribe changes tack on release of police and military hostages held by rebels By VIVIAN SEQUERA Associated Press Writer BOGOTA, Colombia September 19, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment President Alvaro...

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Friday links (Sunday edition)

The Defense Council of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) will meet in Quito on Tuesday the 15th. Mutual confidence-building measures will be high on the agenda. Confidence-building will be ever more important as...

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COLOMBIA: "Proof-of-Life" Videos Feed Hostages' Families' Hopes

BOGOTÁ, Aug 18 (IPS) - "You look as good as ever," was the radio message that Olga Valderrama sent over the airwaves to her son, army corporal Antonio Sanmiguel, who is being held captive somewhere in the jungles of Colombia by...

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Colombia's Uribe backs hostage mediation

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday agreed to allow an opposition senator to mediate the release of hostages held by leftist rebels, but only if all 24 captive police and soldiers were freed at the...

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Limbo for Colombia family seeking hostage release (AP)

AP - A year after Colombian military agents disguised as international aid workers helicoptered Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors to freedom, an offer by their former leftist rebel captors to unilaterally...

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Colombian boy, 11, mounts campaign to free father from FARC - Feature

Bogota - His feet blistered from a 100-kilometre hike, Johan Martinez, 11, makes a strange grimace that reveals a mix of satisfaction and sadness. Campaigning for Marxists rebels to free the father he has never met, Johan's...

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Teacher Gustavo Moncayo files legal action against Uribe

Colombia in the World In Colombia, rape now being prosecuted as weapon of war Colombia in the World Colombia Commits "Crimes Against Humanity" As Free Trade Pacts Are Debated Gustavo Moncayo, father of kidnapped Army Corporal...

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