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Agence France-PresseTHE brother of the leader of Colombia's notorious FARC guerrillas called on his sibling today to yield to the international clamour demanding the liberation of 700 hostages the rebels hold.
Roberto Saenz said his brother, Guillermo Len "Alfonso Cano" Saenz, had to obey the plea made on Sunday during marches in Colombia and in cities around the world for the hostages to be freed.
More than four million people were estimated to have taken part in the rallies, including, in Paris, Franco-Colombian former hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
"I call on Alfonso and all the members of the (FARC) secretariat ... to enter into a process of dialogue urgently needed and that we make an effort so that these hostages can be with their families today," Roberto Saenz said on Colombia's commercial Caracol television network.
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