Colombia Says Rebel Leader May Avoid Extradition
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombia said on Friday a  senior 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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CARACAS, Venezuela  - A top Colombian rebel  captured last month was apparently abducted from Venezuela,  possibly by Colombian security officials in a serious violation  of Venezuelan sovereignty, Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse  Chacon said on Wednesday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels on Wednesday  denied government accusations they plotted to kill President  Bush during a visit to the port of Cartagena last week.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan-sponsored plan to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels was stalled by the guerrillas' failure to reveal their location, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said it may unravel if the stalemate drags on.
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Syrian weapons merchant Monzer al-Kassar, who has armed militants from Iraq to Nicaragua, was arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the United States for trying to supply Colombian rebels, U.S. and Spanish authorities said on Friday.
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Venezuela's president says Colombian police lied about the arrest of Farc rebel leader Rodrigo Granda.
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CARACAS -- A mystery over whether a captured top Colombian Marxist rebel was arrested in Colombia or kidnapped from neighboring Venezuela is turning into a political hot potato for leftist President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.
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An imprisoned guerrilla whose capture in ignited a bitter dispute between Colombia and Venezuela said Wednesday he freely traveled abroad as a rebel envoy but denied allegations he was involved in drug trafficking or gun running.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The most important commander  of Colombia's largest rebel army ever captured was handed to  U.S. authorities at a Bogota airport to be extradited to the  United States Friday to face cocaine smuggling and kidnapping  charges.
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BOGOTA -- Colombia's president last night approved the extradition from a local prison to the United States of a top leftist guerrilla commander, but said he will halt the order if the guerrillas release 63 high-profile hostages -- including three Americans and a German -- before Dec. 30.
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Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday rejected a request by three European countries for an international probe into the killing of 11 hostages held by rebels for more than five years.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday shrugged off Colombia's criticism that he ignored crimes committed by that nation's guerrillas when he urged world leaders to stop classifying them as terrorists.
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Three suspected members of the Irish Republican Army sentenced to 17-year prison terms for training Colombian rebels may have fled the country, prosecutor Luis Camilo Osorio said.
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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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Marxist rebels tried to organize an assassination attempt on President Bush during his visit to the port city of Cartagena last week, a top Colombian official said Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela said on Thursdayit would arrest Colombian rebels found hiding in its territoryas Bogota and Caracas tried to end a stand-off over the seizureof a rebel leader in the Venezuelan capital.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The chief of international  relations for Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group, who once  sought support from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was arrested  after a months-long manhunt, police said on Wednesday.