Colombian
Police Detains Rebel Who Kidnaps, Kills
Americans
Bogota - Colombian police
have detained a rebel accused of kidnapping
and killing U.S. citizens, authorities said
Saturday.
Jose Armando Cadena Cabrera, alias "Bronco,"
was arrested during an operation in the
capital launched by the police on Friday,
said Luis Gabriel Ramirez, commander of the
Criminal Investigation Office of the
National Police.
Cadena was a member of the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Colombia's
largest anti-government group.
He was accused of kidnapping three Americans
and killing another American and a member of
the Colombian military, said the police.
A plane carrying four U.S. nationals and a
member of the Colombian military had an
accident in woodland in southern Colombia in
February 2003. The rebels seized them and
subsequently killed U.S. citizen Thomas
Jannis and Colombian Luis Alcides Cruz, in
which Cadena allegedly participated.
The other three Americans were rescued by
the Colombian police in July 2008.
FARC, which has some 12,000 fighters, has
been fighting against the government for
decades.
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