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WASHINGTON (AP) - The prosecution of a senior Colombian rebel suffered a major setback Tuesday when a star witness said that he never saw the man being tried on charges of kidnapping three U.S. defense contractors.
"Never," said Colombian police officer Jhon Pinchao when asked by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb if he had ever seen Ricardo Palmera in the rebel camps where he had been held hostage.
The testimony from Pinchao, who escaped after nine years of captivity by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, came during the second trial of Palmera, 57, a rebel commander known as Simon Trinidad.
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