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In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 photo, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia southern bloc, FARC, listen to a lecture on the peace process in the southern jungles of Putumayo, Colombia. Martin Corena, the acting commander of the FARC's southern bloc, is calling on President Barack Obama to free a guerrilla leader jailed for more than a decade in the U.S. Corena said Ricardo Palmera’s 60-year sentence in connection to the FARC’s holding captive of three American defense contracts was incompatible with Obama’s support for a peace deal. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Colombian rebel leader calls on U.S. to free jailed comrade

by Fernando Vergara Associated Press, and Sergio Leon Associated PressAugust 20, 2016

One of Colombia’s most-grizzled and important rebel fighters is calling on President Obama to do more to support peace and to free a guerrilla leader jailed for more than a decade in the United States.Speaking amid the trees of his jungle hideout in…

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