Gloria Polanco

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Gloria Polanco is a former member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia. On July 26, 2001, Polanco was kidnapped by the FARC with her two sons.[1] Polanco was freed on February 27, 2008 after seven years in captivity.[2] While in captivity, Jaime Lozada, her husband and the former governor of Huila, was assassinated by the FARC in 2005. It is alleged that he was killed because he did not pay the full ransom demanded by the FARC after they freed his two sons in 2004.[3]

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  1. ^ "Hijos de ex congresista Lozada fueron secuestrados en el edificio Miraflores de Neiva." La FM, July 14, 2004. http://www.lafm.com.co/noticia.php3?nt=4517
  2. ^ "Colombian hostages freed by Farc." BBC, February 28, 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7266837.stm
  3. ^ "Colombian rebels kill politician." ONE News, December 5, 2005. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/635799
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