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I know a lot about the group F.A.R.C. I only know a few things about them. I know they are a terrorist group in Colombia that both terrorize the people in Columbia and protest against the government. They kidnap people, demanding money, or supplies, then if their requests are not met the hostage is killed and sometimes is killed anyway to make an example to the government. Sometimes they will simply shoot the innocent people and take their belongings especially tourists. I also know that the Guerillas are drug dealers and make a profit through the drug trade. They are one of the biggest drug companies in the world, and most of the drugs end up in the United States!
 * The Colombian Guerrillas**

**Part II--What I Want to Find Out** I want to find out what the governments are going to do about the Prisoners that are being held captive by the Guerillas. The government is doing a good job keeping the Captives alive but they are still giving into the Guerrillas commands. The government gives than weapons in exchange for the hostages yet that just helps them get more hostages.

**Part III--The Search**

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There was a limited choice of books on surviving Guerrilla prisoner since so little make it out alive and so the book I chose was "Out of Captivity" by Tom Howes. It is a book about these very lucky pilots who crashed in the Colombian rain forest and survived the crash but were welcomed by the F.A.R.C. The F.A.R.C are dangerous people who go around and capture innocent people and demand money from both the U.S and The Colombian Government. For my interview I talked to my uncle who is a government official who deals with problems the FARC cause. For example if there are certain demands that they ask for my uncle will have to go find someone to make negotiations. I could only find one newspaper article since the Episodes with the Guerrillas are usually trying to be kept on the down low since it is already frightening to the public and finding out the truth would cause panic. The newspaper article is in Spanish yet i could understand it. The one Problem i have with the article is that it has a slightly bias opinion. It is about a mexican student visiting FARC camps. I just figured out that the American government is also involved, before i had only been searching for Colombian documents. I found a CNN newspaper article that talked about an American Prisoner that was released after 12 years of Captivity in March. This was very interesting cause usually the Prisoner does not last that long they either crack and join the FARC or are killed. It is possible though if the man is important they will try and have great stakes like really good weapons. My third article is actually a website but it contains lots of useful information for example it shows one of the biggest rebels, and how he died. It also has a map of what amount of territory is owned by the FARC / Guerrillas. ======


 * Part IV--What I Learned**

I learned a lot from this project although I already was informed of a lot of things going on between the Farc and the Government. For me the most important lesson I learned was to not give in to commands. The government is giving the Guerrillas even more weapons for prisoners. These weapons are used to capture even more people which is makes the situation even worse. The government has an uprising on their hands and now they are aiding it without knowing it.


 * Part V-- Work Cited**

"Colombian Soldier held 12 years is Freed by Rebels." (2010): Web. 13 April 2010. .

Howes, Tom, Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Gary Brozek. //Out of Captivity//, New York: Harper Collins, 2009. Print

http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/pazmino-confirma-presencia-de-mexicana-morett-en-campamento-de-las-farc-334990.html

"Guerrillas in Colombia." N.p., n/a. Web. 23 April 2010. .