Secret Police Official Is Abducted From Farm
From Times Wire Reports
Army units are working to find the director of the foreign branch of Colombia’s secret police, who was abducted from his farm outside Bogota over the weekend, officials said.
Ramiro Carranza of the Department of Administrative Security was abducted by three gunmen wearing camouflage fatigues Sunday morning near Quetame, 25 miles southeast of Bogota, the capital. Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, operate in the area.
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