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COLOMBIA: Occupation of Embassy
Tha terroriata oooupying the Dominican Dnbaaay in Bogota and holding eomeot tag aa probably belong to tha Uftieth of April Movementhe country's moat active urban guerrilla group.
US Ambassador Asencio, one of the hostages, isunhurt. The National Police have cordoned off the area, and Colombian President Turbay has told |
| that he will avoid provoking theter-rorists^wnonave threatened to blow up the Dominican Embassy. The government, plagued with an endemicproblem, has not yielded to terrorist demands in mm the past and is unlikely touick compromise. H
The group's objectives are not yet clear, but the occupation coincides with the trial9 members accused of subversive activities. The terroristswill demand that these be released as well as all persons they consider political prisoners. They nay also seek to embarrass the government on the eve of midterm electionsarch, and to provoke the military to re-force,
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