Colombia: January 4, 2004

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A senior official of FARC, Ovidio Palmera, also known as Simon Trinidad, was captured in neighboring Ecuador. Trinidad, a former banker and FARC's chief financial officer, was in Ecuador to get treatment for prostate cancer. FARC is run by a committee of seven senior officials, and Trinidad is one of those. Ecuador agreed to immediately extradite Trinidad to Colombia. 

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