Word: cundinamarca
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...declared Fiore was freed as a "sign of goodwill" after it had determined that the captives were not spies. Fiore, who described his treatment by the guerrillas as "lots of food, no violence," says he escaped when his captors fell asleep. The four Americans were looking for the rare Cundinamarca antpitta when kidnapped. And you thought mountain climbing was dangerous...
...afternoon the word spread: Gaitán was dead. The mob, which had quieted under the efficient handling of federal troops, went mad. Its members drove into the Cundinamarca building (provincial capitol), set fire to Gómez' Conservative newspaper El Siglo. They hurled stones through the windows of the President's palace. Across the city (pop. 400,000) smoke swirled from mob-struck buildings. Federal troops and police were powerless...
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