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Colombia captures Farc kidnapper | Colombia captures Farc kidnapper |
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Colombian security forces have clashed with a Marxist rebel group and captured one of its most notorious kidnappers. | |
Soldiers fought Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebels in the central province of Cundinamarca, killing 10 and capturing another eight. | Soldiers fought Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebels in the central province of Cundinamarca, killing 10 and capturing another eight. |
Among those taken was a leader known by the alias "El Negro Antonio", whom authorities have been seeking for well over a decade. | |
One soldier was killed in the combat and a kidnap victim rescued. | One soldier was killed in the combat and a kidnap victim rescued. |
"El Negro Antonio" is a Farc guerrilla with 33 arrest warrants outstanding against him. | |
The operation took place in the mountain range of Sumapaz in Cundinamarca province. | |
It is a severe setback for the Farc, not just because of the number of rebels killed and captured, but because it hinders its plans to reopen a movement corridor into the capital, Bogota. | |
It was along this corridor that El Negro Antonio used to move kidnap victims out of Bogota and into the rebel-controlled lowland jungles. | It was along this corridor that El Negro Antonio used to move kidnap victims out of Bogota and into the rebel-controlled lowland jungles. |
Under their new leader Alfonso Cano, the Farc rebels have been seeking to retake the initiative snatched from them over the last five years by the US-backed military. | |
The rebels are seeking to bring their four-decade-old war back into the cities, particularly Bogota, where their attacks have far greater impact than in the countryside. |
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