Colombian hostage rescue deal crumbles
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A delicate mission to free three hostages held by Colombian guerrillas appeared to collapse on Monday as the government and rebel leaders accused each other of trying to kill the deal.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - Venezuela rushed to organize an air convoy for the handover of hostages held in Colombia by Marxist rebels, but said it would not go ahead until Friday or the weekend.
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Colombia's leftist rebels said yesterday they would release three of the dozens of high-profile hostages they are holding as bargaining chips with the Colombian government
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - In a video released by their   rebel captors, Colombian lawmakers held hostage for more than   four years pleaded with President Alvaro Uribe to negotiate   with leftist guerrillas to secure their release.
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Colombian leftist rebels released a video that showed seven kidnapped police officers and soldiers &#151; some of whom have spent nearly a decade in captivity &#151; pleading for talks between the government and the rebels to set them free.
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A Colombian guerrilla released from prison to help broker a deal to free rebel hostages could play a role in verifying troops have been pulled back from any safe haven set up for talks, guerrilla commanders said.
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Colombia agreed on Wednesday to allow Venezuelan aircraft to land in the country to pick up three hostages held for years by leftist guerrillas, including a child born in captivity.
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Marxist Colombian rebels kept three hostages waiting to be released on Monday as leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez worried that more delays could derail the hand-over he had negotiated with the guerrillas.
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Letters sent by Colombian hostages from jungle camps revealed on Tuesday how they are chained up, weak from illness and desperate for leaders like Fidel Castro to help secure a deal with Marxist rebels to free them.
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Two of Colombia&#39;s most powerful drug lords were trapped in prison cells yesterday as the state seized their fortune estimated at more than Â£120 million.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan helicopter mission to rescue three hostages held for years by Colombian rebels in jungle camps was delayed again on Saturday because guerrilla leaders have not given the final go-ahead.
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Many of the hostages held by Colombian rebels are kept chained in jungle camps surrounded by barbed wire and are terrified by encroaching army artillery and machine gun fire, a freed captive said on Friday.
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A Colombian rebel plan to hand over three ailing hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a Colombian senator is advancing although their release cannot be rushed, a top guerrilla leader said on Monday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez on Friday froze bilateral accords and business deals  with Colombia in retaliation for a Colombian police operation  that abducted a top Colombian Marxist rebel from Venezuela.
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SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia, Jan 10 - Marxist rebels freed two women hostages from Colombia's jungle on Thursday in a deal brokered by Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, that could mark a breakthrough in peace efforts.
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Colombian government officials said Friday they need support from the international community to assist in the planned demobilization of thousands of right-wing paramilitary fighters.
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One of the world's most sought after cocaine kingpins was hunted down and captured in Colombia yesterday in the toughest blow against the country's drugs trade in more than a decade.