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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A recently freed rebel leader traveled to Cuba on Monday, a trip officials hope will advance efforts to release 60 hostages, including three U.S. military contractors.
Rodrigo Granda, who had served as a roving diplomat for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, told The Associated Press earlier that he was going to Cuba for medical exams and rest after more than two years in jail.
A peace facilitator for the Roman Catholic Church, Dario Echeverry, accompanied Granda. He told Caracol Radio on Sunday that he hopes Granda "can construct a space for himself that will allow him to work for peace and reconciliation in Colombia," but did not say how or whether the rebel leader might contact insurgent representatives while on the communist-led island.
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