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 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The government transferred jailed leftist rebels to a holding center Friday as part of President Alvaro Uribe's bid to win freedom for 60 rebel-held hostages, including three U.S. defense contractors and former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
Uribe issued a statement that the rebels must "demobilize, promise not to return to crime, and be under the supervision of a foreign government or the Catholic Church" to qualify for release on June 7.
About 80 rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, were moved from various prisons to a center in Boyaca province where they will be held while their release applications are reviewed, RCN Television news reported. Another 190 were expected to arrive later Friday, the station said.
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