Word: weres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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One source said it was unclear whether the guerrillas had slipped out of the hotel, or were still inside. The rebels may have left behind mines or booby-traps, he said.
Red Cross spokesperson Marie Aude Lude said 17 people had been evacuated safely in the early evening but that it appeared no U.S. military personnel or guerrillas were among those evacuated.
Lude said none of the evacuees--who were French-speakers, Spanish-speakers and English-speakers--appeared to be guerrillas.
Earlier yesterday, the guerrillas claimed they had captured four U.S. military advisors. But information from the occupied section of the tower indicated that the heavily armed Americans were barricaded in one or two rooms and controlled the fourth floor hallway, only about 20 yards from where the guerillas were on...
The sources, who declined to be identified, did not say whether American military personnel were among those who were freed.