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Colombian woman hijacks plane, deserts FARC

Farc must be having a bad month.

BOGOTA, Colombia - An armed woman hijacked a small plane to escape the ranks of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group and rejoin civilian life, police said.

Police said the woman, identified only by her alias “Angelica,�? took over the plane Thursday at an airstrip in Puerto Principe in eastern Colombia and forced its pilot to fly her two hours west to the city of Villavicencio.

Once there she handed over a Galil assault rifle and told authorities she wished to abandon the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

Bid for a new start
“Her intention from the outset was to run away from the guerrillas and try to restart her life far away from armed combat,�? said Col. Pablo Gomez, head of police in the state of Meta where the plane landed.

Television news broadcast images of the woman clad in camouflaged cargo pants being treated by medical professionals.

Gomez said she was being interviewed to determine her legal status. Special amnesty laws cover armed combatants in Colombia’s half-century civil conflict who willingly disarm.

It was not clear whether she would face criminal charges for the alleged hijacking.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21043302/

By RUV on Oct 1, 2007, 12:20 in Friendly Talkzone.

la campiña says on Oct 1, 2007, 15:42:

Now she's in serious trouble and so are her family and anybody that knows her not forgetting the pueblito she is from and all the folk thier, this is so complicated, Uribe must be held responsible. He has the power to negociate, and is responsible for the right wing paramilitries, so many people dismiss Chavez but at least he's trying, regardless of his anti USA stance. Just my thoughts, not an answer to the ongoing problems here, I'm just a simple person that loves colombia.

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Rob77 says on Oct 1, 2007, 16:08:

Yeh, they may want to make an example out of her by punishing her home town and family, to scare any other recruits (forced or voluntary), to not go AWOL.

BOYCOTT CITGO - CHAVEZ SUCKS!!!

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Sam Salmon says on Oct 1, 2007, 20:00:

Better to die on your feet than die on your knees.

Yes she's screwed but not the way that's been mentioned.

The Govt won't let her rest until she's told them everything she knows about who she was working with-otherwise she'll be kept in jail.

And some would say that's where she should be anyway-for good.

None of this has anything to do with Uribe-that is idiotic bullshit.

' a la orden!'

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christobeldawg says on Oct 1, 2007, 20:03:

Uribe responsible for the right wing Paras? Now la Camp, come on.

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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john_stark says on Oct 1, 2007, 20:54:

The paracos have a lot of popular support which is why they control large areas of the country. And if you're not a supporter you better take the next bus out of Dodge.

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christobeldawg says on Oct 1, 2007, 20:57:

I wlll definitely avoid Dodge City. Is Jesse James back in town?

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

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