Ex-Colombian hostage tells of chains, battle fears
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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 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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Marxist rebels in Colombia have freed four hostages, three of whom were held captive for well over three years in the jungle. The four released hostages - two men and two women were flown to Neiva, 150 miles
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Reviving hopes for an exchange of jailed rebels for kidnapping victims, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said his government is prepared to meet with the country&#39;s main guerrilla group about a swap, but said he wants some kidnap
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Jair Diaz is one of the brave ones. After leftist rebels gunned down two city councilmen, most other politicians fled this town in the shadow of Colombia's rebel-controlled southern jungles.
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Colombian ex-presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt reaches her 1,000th day as a hostage of Marxist guerrillas.
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A rebel whose capture in Venezuela has touched off a diplomatic crisis with Colombia believed that he was going to be killed by his captors, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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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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A Venezuelan-led mission to rescue three hostages held by leftist rebels in Colombia's vast jungles was tottering on the edge of collapse Monday, with guerrillas still not revealing where they'll free the hostages.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian rebels holding 62   hostages, including three Americans and former presidential   candidate Ingrid Betancourt, called on Monday for   "face-to-face" talks with the government on a prisoner   exchange.
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Chained, often weak from disease and wracked with despair, Colombian hostages in jungle camps cling to hope a deal with their Marxist rebel captors will free them, letters from the captives released on Tuesday show.
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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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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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BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 1 -- A 3 1/2 -year-old boy whom Marxist rebels pledged to include in a hostage release that collapsed Monday is not in their hands, and has almost certainly been living in a foster care program in Bogota, Colombian officials said in interviews on Tuesday. They believe they...
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels were stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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BOGOTA -- Colombian rebels released a video showing seven kidnapped police officers and soldiers -- some of whom have spent nearly a decade in captivity -- pleading for the government and rebels to negotiate their freedom.
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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Col. Hern?n Mej?a was among Colombia's most decorated officers, a young, strapping warrior with five medals for valor on his chest and a reputation for being a relentless adversary of the Marxist guerrillas who operated in the dusty hamlets of northeast Colombia.