Colombian President
Uribe's would-be
assassin arrested
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe's would-be
assassin, a female
member of the rebel
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC),
has been captured in the
southern province of
Caqueta, the military
announced on Tuesday.
Smith Duarte, a
30-year-old woman, was
arrested on charges of
rebellion and terrorism.
The woman, also known as
Aura Maria Morales, is
accused of attempting to
kill Uribe on April 21,
2005, when the president
was touring the city of
Neiva, capital of Huila
province in southwestern
Colombia.
Duarte and two other
suspects fired a rocket
at Uribe's plane on
landing at Neiva
airport, but failed to
hit the target. The
would-be assassins
immediately fled the
scene after the attack.
Military police later
searched a house close
to the airport and found
a U.S.-made M72 rocket.
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