Topic: Luis Francisco Cuellar
Colombian governor believed to have been slain shortly after his abduction by presumed rebelsIt appears a southern governor kidnapped by presumed leftist rebels on his birthday had his throat slashed within a few hours of the abduction, a Colombian investigator said Wednesday ...
The body of a kidnapped governor was found with his throat slashed, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said hours after he launched a massive military operation to rescue the man from Marxist rebels. The cowards slit his throat," Uribe said in a nationally ...
A body found Tuesday in southern Colombia is that of Caqueta Governor Luis Francisco Cuellar, who was kidnapped Monday by leftist FARC guerrillas, local authorities said.Interim Caquete governor Olga Patricia Vega said she was told of the body's identity by ...
Marxist FARC rebels kidnapped the governor of Colombia's southern department of Caqueta, snatching him from his home, local media reported Monday.A unit of the leftist insurgency, Latin America's oldest and longest-fighting rebel force, abducted Luis Francisco Cuellar after attacking ...