DNA test indicates Colombia boy was rebel hostage
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A young Colombian boy who was born captive in a leftist rebel camp and whose release was promised last week has been living in foster care since 2005, the attorney general said on Friday, citing DNA test results.
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DNA analysis indicates a 3-year-old boy living in a Bogota foster home is the child of a leftist rebel and his captive, a former vice presidential candidate kidnapped nearly six years ago, an official in Colombia's federal prosecutor's office said Friday.
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Preliminary DNA tests indicate a 3-year-old foster child is the son of a woman being held captive by leftist rebels, Colombian officials announced Friday.
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Colombian troops have captured a top leftist rebel commander suspected of masterminding the 1999 kidnapping of an entire congregation from a Roman Catholic church, the army said Sunday.
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BOGOTA/CARACAS  - A top Colombian guerrilla was  protected by Venezuelan officials before his capture, an action  that has triggered the worst dispute in years between the  Andean countries, Colombia said on Sunday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia said on Friday that a  top Marxist guerrilla leader may avoid extradition to the  United States if his rebel group frees 63 hostages, including  three Americans and one German.
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A Colombian rebel leader was convicted on Monday for conspiring to take hostages in connection with the kidnapping of three American contractors in 2003.
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An international rescue mission to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels broke down yesterday amid accusations of lying and bad faith
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The highest-ranking jailed member of Colombia's main guerrilla group was freed by the government Monday as part of a wider prisoner release intended to help secure the freedom of 60 hostages &#151; including three Americans &#151; held by the guerrillas.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The most important commanderof Colombia's largest rebel army ever captured was handed toU.S. authorities at a Bogota airport to be extradited to theUnited States Friday to face cocaine smuggling and kidnappingcharges.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia, Dec. 19 -- Some came to the Palace of Justice on Tuesday with huge color photographs of their loved ones strapped around their necks. Others wore T-shirts that read "Justice" and "Truth." Maria Eugenia Cobaleda, whose two older brothers were kidnapped in 1998 and never seen...
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A plot by Colombian left-wing rebels to kidnap President Uribe's sons has been foiled, Colombian police say.
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Â· Rebels release pair in deal with Venezuelan president  Â· Mother will meet son born in jungle captivity
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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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A Sri Lankan couple ordered to undergo DNA tests to prove their claim to a baby survivor of the December tsunamis said they were hopeful of winning custody of the child despite being arrested for trying to snatch him.
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - A mystery over whether acaptured top Colombian Marxist rebel was arrested in Colombiaor kidnapped from neighboring Venezuela is turning into apolitical hot potato for leftist Venezuelan President HugoChavez.
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Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera was convicted Monday of helping hold three Americans hostage for years in jungle prison camps. He is the only person ever found responsible for their capture.