FARC to abandon kidnapping

Latin America’s last major rebel movement, the FARC was founded in 1964. It
has been releasing captives piecemeal since early 2008.

The new statement also assured that the group will give up the practice of
kidnapping, noting that “much has been said about the taking of
persons, men or women from the civilian population,” to finance rebel
activities.

Colombia does not have precise data on the number of kidnapped people, but the
anti-kidnapping police agency has said that it had counted 255 through the
first 11 months of 2011. It attributed 72 of those to the FARC.

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