The former mayor of Bogotá poses a threat to Alvaro Uribe's heir.
Hopes for a prisoner-for-hostage swap follow release of Sergeant Moncayo, reports IPS.
Laura Carsen says that parliamenatary elections in Colombia were not as clean as the UN claims.
Adam Isacson, from the Center for International Policy in Washington, says the elections have been blown wide open.
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The Colombian Government is not doing enough to protect the innocent, argues Human Rights Watch