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  • January 2008

    • DNA Tests Show Rebels Don't Have Colombian Boy

      Bloomberg  |  Jan 4, 08 4:36 PM CST

      DNA Tests Show Rebels Don't Have Colombian Boy

      (Newser) - DNA tests all but confirmed today that a 3-year-old boy Colombian rebels had pledged to include in a hostage-release deal has actually been in foster care since 2005. The group FARC negotiated the release of Emmanuel Rojas—born to a female hostage and her rebel captor—with Hugo Chavez; the test results appear to cement Colombian claims that FARC duped the Venezuelan president. More »

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

      AFP  |  Jan 2, 08 10:29 AM CST

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

      (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. More »

    • Colombian Rescue Deal Collapses

      Reuters  |  Jan 1, 08 4:18 AM CST

      Colombian Rescue Deal Collapses

      (Newser) - A Venezuela-brokered deal to rescue three hostages from Colombian rebels has fallen apart, Reuters reports. The leftist FARC rebels blamed the deal's failure on stepped-up Colombian army operations in the area and refused to relinquish hostages "due to fear for their safety and the safety of members involved in the operation," said a statement by the guerrillas. More »

  • December 2007

    • Colombia Hostage Rescue Stalls

      CNN  |  Dec 30, 07 7:00 AM CST

      Colombia Hostage Rescue Stalls

      (Newser) - An expected hostage release negotiated by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with Colombian leftist rebels failed to materialize yesterday, setting the stage for a more dramatic event today as Latin American politicians and diplomats—and Hollywood film director Oliver Stone—joined rescuers and officials waiting for the rebels' next move, reports CNN. More »

    • Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages in Colombia

      BBC  |  Dec 29, 07 9:52 AM CST

      Mission Begins to Rescue Hostages in Colombia

      (Newser) - Helicopters sent by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to rescue hostages from Colombian rebels have landed at the edge of a Colombian wilderness and are awaiting a go-ahead from the rebels, the BBC reports. Guerrillas plan to release two women, seized more than five years ago, and a young boy fathered in captivity. International observers shadowing the operation include filmmaker Oliver Stone. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Oliver Stone

    • Hostages Could Be Free in Hours: Chávez

      CNN  |  Dec 27, 07 5:30 AM CST

      Hostages Could Be Free in Hours: Ch&aacute;vez

      (Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said today that three of the hostages being held by the Colombian rebel group FARC could be freed within hours. Chávez has received permission from the Colombian government to enter its airspace and retrieve the captives. The captives who might be freed will not include the high-profile Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian former presidential candidate. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • hostage  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt

    • Venezuela To Pick Up Hostages in Colombia

      Reuters  |  Dec 26, 07 5:48 PM CST

      Venezuela To Pick Up Hostages in Colombia

      (Newser) - Three hostages held for more than five years by Marxist guerrillas will soon go free after Colombia agreed today to a handover plan engineered by Hugo Chavez, Reuters reports. Venezuelan planes and helicopters will pick up Clara Rojas, a former vice presidential candidate kidnapped in 2002; the young son she had in captivity; and a former lawmaker. More »

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      kidnapping  • Colombia  • Venezuela  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Clara Rojas

    • France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

      BBC  |  Dec 19, 07 12:38 PM CST

      France to Admit Colombian Rebels in Hostage Deal

      (Newser) - France's PM said today the country will take in freed Colombian rebels as part of an exchange for the 46 hostages the rebel group FARC is holding, including a former presidential candidate who holds dual French-Colombian citizenship. The offer came hours after FARC agreed to release three hostages—a former congresswoman, an aide to the presidential candidate, and the latter's infant son. More »

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      France  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ingrid Betancourt  • Columbia

  • November 2007

    • Yank Hostages Still Alive Years After Kidnap in Colombia

      Associated Press  |  Nov 30, 07 4:39 AM CST

      Yank Hostages Still Alive Years After Kidnap in Colombia

      (Newser) - American hostages and a French-Colombian politician are apparently still alive in South America years after they were kidnapped by Marxist rebels, according to dramatic tapes just released by the Colombian government. Three American security contractors whose plane went down in 2003 are seen looking haggard against a jungle backdrop. Politician Ingrid Betancourt appears gaunt and apparently in chains. More »

    • Chavez Freezes Out Colombia

      BBC  |  Nov 26, 07 4:56 AM CST

      Chavez Freezes Out Colombia

      (Newser) - Venezuela's volatile President Hugo Chavez says he is freezing ties with neighboring Colombia, insulted by Bogota's decision to ditch Chavez as a negotiator with Marxist guerrillas who have been holding hostages for years. Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe accused Chavez of favoring the rebels and overstepping his authority. Chavez called the move "a spit in the face" and labeled Uribe a liar, the BBC reports. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Colombia  • Venezuela  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Manuel Marulanda

  • October 2007

    • Colombian Rebel Dodges Justice Again

      Reuters  |  Oct 5, 07 3:35 PM CDT

      Colombian Rebel Dodges Justice Again

      (Newser) - The US Justice Department was unable to gain a conviction against Colombian rebel leader Ricardo Palmera, Reuters reports, with a judge declaring a mistrial yesterday after jurors deadlocked on a drug-trafficking charge. Palmera, captured in Colombia in 2004, was convicted in July in a 2003 kidnapping of American contractors, but jurors could not reach a verdict on four other counts. More »

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      terrorism  • Colombia  • FARC  • cocaine  • Rebel

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