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<text id=90TT0551>
<title>
Mar. 05, 1990: World Notes:Colombia
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 05, 1990 Gossip
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 33
World Notes
COLOMBIA
The Politics Of Pardons
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<body>
<p> After 15 years of terrorist activity, Colombia's notorious
M-19 guerrilla group signed a pact with the government last
year and stepped back into civilian life. Former leaders Carlos
Pizarro Leon-Gomez and Antonio Navarro Wolf now want to run for
office in the country's March 15 municipal elections. Pizarro
Leon-Gomez hopes to become mayor of Bogota; Navarro Wolf mayor
of Cali. But they face a serious obstacle: impending trials for
crimes that include the spectacular 1985 takeover of Bogota's
Palace of Justice and the 1988 kidnaping of former presidential
candidate Alvaro Gomez Hurtado. Gomez was released unharmed
eight weeks later.
</p>
<p> Last week the former rebels received pardons from the
Superior Tribunal of Bogota for the two incidents, and the
panel promised similar documents for 33 other M-19 members.
Still, neither rebel leader stands much chance of winning
election.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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