Word: cinchonero
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guerrillas identified themselves as members of the outlawed Cinchonero Popular Liberation Movement, a small revolutionary group that was named for the martyred leader of an obscure 19th century revolt. Their leader turned out to be a stocky, thirtyish chain smoker known as Chief 1, who impressed the group of hostages with his relative calm and compassion. He released the wounded and female hostages when the government said it would not negotiate otherwise. As time wore on, the gunmen freed other prisoners in groups...
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