Deliverance?; Colombia's FARC  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8774 (Mar. 2012), page 41-42.
Topik: Politics; Kidnapping; Guerrilla Forces; Government; Law Enforcement

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Back in the late 1990s, when Colombia was the world's kidnapping black spot, the guerrillas of the FARC would throw up roadblocks on isolated stretches of the country's highways, hauling off anyone who looked able to pay a decent ransom, meaning anything from $5,000 to several million. So Colombians were pleasantly surprised when on February 26th the FARC announced that it would cease kidnapping for ransom, and would release the ten remaining members of the security forces they had been holding as "prisoners of war"--some for as long as 14 years. Though the guerrillas have never enjoyed much public support, their kidnapping attracted particular opprobrium, prompting protest marches by several million Colombians in 2008. Ending kidnapping may be a practical necessity. Government pressure has reduced the FARC from 20,000 troops in 2002 to about 8,000, operating in smaller, more agile units in rural backwaters, making the taking and holding of hostages more difficult.

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