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FARC send proof-of-life videos of government ten soldiers held hostage
Venezuela's government released videos of Colombian soldiers and police officers held hostage by leftist rebels on Friday, saying it has received "proof-of-life" for 10 captives. The young men addressed the camera with a sheet strung up as a backdrop, several of them thanking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for his efforts to negotiate hostage releases. Justice Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin, who showed parts of the videos at a news conference, said they included hostages' personal messages to their families. "We hope they may be freed next, but everything depends on a process of negotiation," Chacin said. Chavez said at a summit in the Dominican Republic that the videos were given to his government by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which holds hundreds of hostages in Colombian jungles. Posted by: Fred 2008-03-08 |
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