Word: pastrana
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Andres Pastrana Arango, a mayoral candidate in Bogota, also ran afoul of the cartel. Two months ago, he was kidnaped from his office and taken, blindfolded, to a hideout near Medellin. After seven days he was released. Police raided the house where he had been held and uncovered a cache of weapons that included more than a dozen U.S.-made AR-15 rifles as well as Austrian-manufactured assault weapons and Israeli Uzi submachine guns. Also found were assorted 9-mm pistols, infrared night-vision scopes and a sniper rifle. "They have the kind of arms you only...
...statement, read by former President Misael Pastrana of Colombia, read: "We saw many instances of vote-buying, attempts at intimidation, snatching of ballot boxes and tampered election returns." It said many voters, particularly in Manila, where Mrs. Aquino was heavily favored, found their names were not on registration lists...