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Colombian Presidential Candidate Missing VOA News 24 Feb 2002 08:35 UTC 
A Colombian presidential candidate and four people traveling with her are missing in a formerly rebel-controlled area, now occupied by government troops.
A spokeswoman for Ingrid Betancourt said she disappeared on a road leading to the region's main town, San Vicente del Caguan Saturday afternoon. The spokeswoman said Ms. Betancourt had been traveling with a French photographer, a cameraman and two aides.
(The leftist Revolutionary Armes Forces of Colombia, or) FARC had used San Vincente as a base of operations until several days ago, when government troops re-captured the area.
The 40 year-old Ms. Betancourt, a former Colombian Senator, is running for president in the May 26 elections. She has been an outspoken critic of both the rebels and the Colombian government.
Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.
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