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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| 12 Kidnapped In Colombia Since Last Friday |
| 2004-09-23 |
| September 22, 2004 ... The latest case occurred on Tuesday night along a highway in Antioquia Department. An armed group, probably the F.A.R.C. (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia-Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla/terrorist group) stopped a vehicle from the "Cooperativa de Transportadores de Occidente" (Western Transport Cooperative or Enterprise-which is a company that operates small passenger minibuses) that was heading from MedellÃÂn to the town of Urabä in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The vehicle was stopped at Cajones, between Dabeiba & Uramita. A car driven by the subversives pulled alongside the victim's vehicle (a minibus) and swerved in front of the it, causing the vehicle's driver to stop, at which time the terrorists made the 16 passengers get out. The driver and a merchant, who as of yesterday hadn't been identified, were kidnapped by the guerrillas. The authorities were investigating yesterday whether or not the minibus had been forsaken by explosives. (I guess the guerrillas blew it up afterwards...) After the kidnapping the insurgents, that could be members of the 5th or 34th Fronts of the F.A.R.C., drove by the El Mohän Bridge & killed Esneider Higuita Echeverry, who was located at a restaurant. Jorge MejÃÂa, Secretary of the Government of Antioquia, explained that these occurrences are astonishing considering that the highway in question is one of the most secure in the entire Colombian Department of Antioquia. Well, that say's a lot about the security of the roadways in your jurisdiction there bud! |
| Posted by:Kentucky Beef |