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    September 13, 2011

Colombia Captures FARC Rebel on Interpol's Wanted List

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   Colombian authorities have captured a woman suspected of detaining
   kidnap victims for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the
   country's largest guerrilla group.
   Officials Monday said 41-year-old Margarita Cortez Calderon, known also
   as "La Mona," who was on Interpol's wanted list, belonged to the FARC's
   43rd Front and was arrested in the central state of Meta. They say one
   of her captives was Josue Daniel Calvo, a government soldier who was
   wounded and captured in combat. He was released last year after 11
   months in captivity.
   The rebels have been at war with the Colombian government since the
   1960s. Colombia, the European Union and the United States have
   designated the FARC as a terrorist organization.

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