http://news.yahoo.com/colombians-march-against-rebels-hostage-taking-190040630.html;_ylt=Ajh8qdkCCaTUw4_0mbg4gea3IxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTRibjZjOHA0BG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSAgV29ybGRTRiBMYXRpbkFtZXJpY2FTU0YEcGtnAzQ2NzU4ZjcxLTc3ZjMtMzQ4MC1hZjRkLWJlMzVmNTE4NDRlMwRwb3MDMwRzZWMDdG9wX3N0b3J5BHZlcgMzZjhiZDc5MC0yMDc0LTExZTEtODlmZi0yYmU2M2VmMmE2YzE-;_ylg=X3oDMTI3Z2FpbDN0BGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAN3b3JsZHxsYXRpbiBhbWVyaWNhBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25zBHRlc3QD;_ylv=3BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Tens of thousands marched across Colombia Tuesday to repudiate last month's execution of soldiers and police by leftist rebels, who had held them for more than a decade as political bargaining chips.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, executed the four captives from close range with bullets to the head and back as government troops looking for the men engaged insurgents in combat on Nov. 26.
The government of President Juan Manuel Santos and Colombia's major media firmly backed the marches, which were convoked by relatives of the slain men and of hostages still held by the guerilla group.
A similar citizen mobilization in February 2008 was organized on Facebook and drew several million in Colombia and several world capitals.