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FARC Captures Vacationing Soldier, Colombia's Government Says

Colombia's FARC rebels captured a soldier who was on vacation in the country's southern jungles, an incident that violated the group's unilateral cease-fire but will not affect ongoing peace talks if he is freed, the government said Friday. Jesus Rojas was seized by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia near San Vicente del Caguan, in Caqueta province, while he was visiting family. The guerrilla group accused him of spying, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas told...

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