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Colombia Prez: Rebels Don't Have Hostage's Love Child

Posted Jan 2, 08 10:29 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – Relatives of FARC hostage Clara Rojas yesterday underwent DNA testing to determine whether a boy surrendered to a Bogota orphanage 2 years ago is her 3-year-old son, as Colombian president Alvaro Uribe contends. Uribe yesterday said FARC rebels couldn't release Emmanuel Rojas, along with his mother and another hostage, as they had promised to do, because he’s not their captive at all, the AFP reports.

It’s the latest snag in protracted saga that began Dec. 18, when the FARC announced plans to release the three hostages to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The rescue operation, dubbed "Operation Emmanuel,"  has become a media circus, complete with filming by Chavez fan Oliver Stone. FARC said the hand-off was delayed by military activity in the area; Chavez dismissed the Emmanuel dustup as “a whole bunch of smoke” concocted by a Uribe administration that “makes things up.”

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Clara de Rojas, mother of Clara Rojas, speaks to the press at a hotel in Caracas, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007. Rojas is waiting for the expected release of her daughter who is being held hostage by the Armed...   (Associated Press)
Ivan Rojas, brother of Colombian hostage Clara Rojas, speaks with the media outside of a hotel in Caracas, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008. A Venezuelan-led mission to rescue three hostages from leftist rebels...   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez greets Clara de Rojas, mother of Colombian hostage Clara Rojas at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Monday,...   (Associated Press)
Crew members inspect a Venezuelan helicopter bearing Red Cross insignias at the airport in Villavicencio, Colombia, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Colombia's U.S.-allied government agreed to allow the helicopters...   (Associated Press)
A Russian-made Venezuelan helicopter bearing Red Cross insignias is sprayed with water as it sits on the tarmac at the airport in Villavicencio, Colombia, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007. Colombia's U.S.-allied...   (Associated Press)
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe talks to the media as Colombia's Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo listens at a military base in Villavicencio, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. Uribe has dismissed...   (Associated Press)
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