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Colombia's President Uribe and Defense Minister Santos speak with former FARC hostages after they were freed in Bogota
02 Feb 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (2nd L) and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos (L) speak with former hostages, police officers Alexis Torres (R) , Walter Lozano (2nd R), Giovanni Dominguez (C) and soldier Juan Galica (3rd R), at presidential palace in Bogota February 1, 2009. FARC guerrillas freed four hostages to a Red Cross commission on Sunday in the first negotiated handover of captives in a year by Latin America's oldest left-wing insurgency. From L to R are the rescued hostages: police officers Walter Lozano, Galicia, Alexis Torres and Colombian soldier William Dominguez. EUTERS/Felipe Pinzon/Handout/Presidency (COLOMBIA). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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