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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-13-11 09:59 AM
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Former FARC hostage to run for Cali mayor
http://www.colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/17593-former-farc-hostage-to-run-for-cali-mayor.html

A man who spent seven years in the Marxist guerrilla group FARC's captivity is a candidate for the mayor of Cali, Colombia media reported Wednesday.

Former Deputy of Valle de Cauca Sigifredo Lopez, who in 2002 was kidnapped along with 11 other deputies, will run as the Liberal Party candidate in the mayoral election in October 2011.

" main concern is to restore the security to the Caleños (residents of Cali), that the Caleños return to live without fear will be the main objective of my campaign," Lopez said.

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Lopez was released by the FARC in 2009 after seven difficult years. He was the sole survivor of a groups of 12 captured deputies.


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