Successful Hostage Rescue Could Lead to a Third Term for Uribe
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(US) Three United States military contractors whose small plane was shot down in 2003 while hunting for illegal drug crops. (Fri Jul 04 08:35:02 2008 PDT)
Bold Colombia rescue built on rebels' disarray
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(US) Was almost exclusively a Colombian operation that highlighted the growth of a military that has benefited from $5.4 billion in aid from the United States since 2000. (Thu Jul 03 19:50:03 2008 PDT)
Hostage Rescue Major Blow to the FARC: US Support for Colombia ...
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(US) Both of whom are serving sentences in U.S. prisons for drug trafficking. (Thu Jul 03 12:33:46 2008 PDT)
Daring rescue frees hostages from jungles of Colombia
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(US) They'd been held since their Cessna crashed during an anti-drug mission in remote Colombian guerrilla territory on Feb. 13, 2003. The hostages were held by the FARC, a Marxist group that funds itself by protecting cocaine production and has waged a 44-year w... (Thu Jul 03 04:20:12 2008 PDT)
FARC guerillas: Key facts
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(South Africa) US and Colombian authorities say the FARC has used the multibillion-dollar Colombian cocaine trade to fund its operations. Colombia's four-decade-old conflict is now often a fight over drug-producing land involving ... (Wed Jul 02 23:47:28 2008 PDT)
Heroin bust results in federal case
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(US) The DEA took over the case after Burciaga was arrested. (Wed Jul 02 17:20:47 2008 PDT)
Colombian army rescues hostages from rebels
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Were working in Colombia for the US Defense Department and were on an anti-drug trafficking mission when their plane crashed in the jungle in the Caqueta region. (Wed Jul 02 17:03:35 2008 PDT)