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| FARC send proof-of-life videos of government ten soldiers held hostage |
| 2008-03-08 |
| 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 |
| #3 Is chavez a card carrying member of FARC or what? He's been funding and sheltering them for years. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-08 11:42 |
| #2 I know this little escapade on the borders is turning serio-comic but when you think about it you have Uribe, Chavez and Correa making pretty threatening noises and this thing could get out of hand to our advantage. I don't Chavez has the cajones to go up against the Columbians but it would be interesting to see if Cuba would be a factor without the old Soviet quartermaster supporting. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-03-08 08:27 |
| #1 Is chavez a card carrying member of FARC or what? They seem to have a pretty good rapport. |
| Posted by: Tarzan Glomp6365 2008-03-08 08:20 |