The governor of Caqueta province in southern Colombia was killed Tuesday by rebels who kidnapped him Monday at his home, in what the BBC calls the highest-profile kidnapping since 2002. President Alvaro Uribe ascribes the murder to Farc rebels, saying they apparently slit Luis Francisco Cuellar’s throat to keep him from making noise as they fled security forces. The governor had been kidnapped several times.

Links to other sites: BBC, Miami Herald

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