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Spanish Acronym: Revolutionary Armed Forces Of Colombia

Farc Dept: My son is in danger, my little one, my husband. All things happened because of what I did . . . to help my country,'' says the Mississauga mother who, with her husband and two boys, has been ordered onto a plane this Saturday bound for Bogata, according to The Star. The group is known for abducting and murdering prominent citizens, including Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was subjected to six years of imprisonment and torture in the Colombian jungle. Londono's job in the mid to late 1990s was to convince FARC members to renounce ties with the guerrillas and claudia Londono believes that if Canada deports her family to Colombia they will be abducted and killed by members of a guerrilla organization that has threatened her life. Londono, 40, says her family is in danger because of her work as a government psychologist treating imprisoned members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, best known by its Spanish acronym, FARC. As reported in the news.
@t ingrid betancourt, colombian jungle