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  • March 2008

    • Colombia to Pay Ex-Rebel $2.5M for Slaying

      BBC  |  Mar 15, 08 11:51 AM CDT

      Colombia to Pay Ex-Rebel $2.5M for Slaying

      (Newser) - Colombia will pay the former FARC rebel who killed his commander last week part of a $2.5 million reward—a move critics say amounts to payment for murder, the BBC reports. Guerrilla Pedro Pablo Montoya shot his boss, then cut off his hand as proof. He will share the money with three others who provided intelligence information. More »

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      murder  • Colombia  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Colombian rebels  • Raul Reyes  • Juan Pablo Montoya

    • Colombia: FARC Was After Uranium

      BBC  |  Mar 4, 08 11:35 AM CST

      Colombia: FARC Was After Uranium

      (Newser) - Colombia has accused Ecuador and Venezuela of cooperating with FARC guerrillas who were trying to buy uranium, the BBC reports, even as Ecuador cut ties with Colombia and Venezuela expelled its diplomats. “FARC is taking big steps in the world of terrorism to become a global aggressor,” said Colombia’s top cop, citing documents found during Saturday’s raid that detailed negotiations for 110 pounds of uranium. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • hostage  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Ingrid Betancourt  • uranium  • Ecuador  • Rafael Correa  • Raul Reyes  • diplomatic ties  • guerilla

    • Crisis Deepens as Colombia Links Ecuador to FARC

      CNN  |  Mar 3, 08 9:45 AM CST

      Crisis Deepens as Colombia Links Ecuador to FARC

      (Newser) - The tension in Latin America deepened last night as a Colombian general charged that Ecuador’s president had ties to a FARC leader killed by Colombian forces Saturday. Ecuador and Venezuela have both mobilized troops to their borders in response to the raid, which they claim took place on Ecuadorean territory. Colombia says its forces, attacking targets in Colombia, merely returned fire when FARC rebels shelled them from about a mile inside Ecuador. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ecuador  • Rafael Correa  • Raul Reyes

    • Chavez Sends Troops to Colombian Border

      CNN  |  Mar 2, 08 3:19 PM CST

      Chavez Sends Troops to Colombian Border

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez sent thousands of Venezuelan troops to the Colombian border today after Colombia killed a FARC rebel leader, CNN reports. Chavez accused Colombia of being a US puppet and said Ecuador's border was violated in the attack. "We have to liberate Colombia," said Chavez, who is linked to FARC and tried to negotiate a prisoners-for-hostages trade with it last year. More »

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      Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ecuador  • rebels  • Raul Reyes

    • Colombian Troops Kill Top FARC Leader

      BBC  |  Mar 1, 08 1:21 PM CST

      Colombian Troops Kill Top FARC Leader

      (Newser) - Colombian forces have for the first time killed one of FARC's top leaders, the BBC reports. The military attacked a rebel camp and killed Raul Reyes, a member of the group's ruling secretariat who had been a top candidate to take over the organization. The attack comes just days after FARC released four hostages, but President Uribe has rejected requests to grant the group concessions. More »

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      Colombia  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Ecuador  • Raul Reyes

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