Colombia orders blockade of rebel hostage camps

Source: Reuters

Colombia ordered troops to surround jungle camps where rebels hold hundreds of kidnap victims in hopes of forcing their release despite concerns the move could endanger the lives of the hostages.

Once the army finds the makeshift jails and seals their perimeters, an international commission will be asked to press the leftist guerrillas to negotiate the release of the abductees, President Alvaro Uribe said on Saturday

Critics of the plan said Colombia's biggest guerrilla group, known as the FARC, may execute hostages such as French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans should soldiers get too close to their secret camps.

"This implies a great risk," said Carlos Gaviria, leader of the opposition Polo Democratico party.

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and no one will have a clue about who pulled the triggers that killed the innocents.