Marxist Rebels Free Soldier in Peace Gesture
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From Times Wire Reports
Colombian Marxist rebels have freed a soldier captured a month ago, in what they called a peace gesture aimed at paving the way toward a possible exchange of about 70 hostages for jailed guerrillas.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said in an e-mail that they had released Duverney Orozco, captured during an assault on the jungle village of Teteye on June 25, when rebels killed 25 soldiers. The army confirmed his release.
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