Guerrilla Warfare
NEW YORK - Of all the horror, pain, and degradation both physical and mental that Ingrid Betancourt suffered during six and a half years in the Colombian jungle, perhaps nothing felt more dangerous to her than when her captors tried to erase her last bit of identity: her name.
MIAMI - A former Argentine navy lieutenant wanted for prosecution in his homeland for his alleged role in a 1972 massacre of leftist guerrillas has committed no crime and should not be sent back, his attorney told a U.S.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Long-secret diplomatic cables show President Richard Nixon wanted the Uruguayan government to threaten to kill leftist prisoners in an attempt to save the life of a kidnapped U.S.
LIMA, Peru - Followers of jailed Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman said Monday they want to participate in regional and municipal elections scheduled for October.
BOGOTA, Colombia - A Colombian judge sentenced a retired army colonel to 30 years in prison Wednesday for the disappearance of 11 people in 1985 when soldiers stormed the Palace of Justice to retake it from leftist guerrillas.
