FARC - AN ALLY OF SEVERAL HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND CHAVEZ - SHOWS ITS TRUE COLORS AGAIN: NEARLY BEHEADING A COLOMBIAN GOVERNOR

NYT/AP:

It appears a southern governor kidnapped by presumed leftist rebels on his birthday had his throat slashed within a few hours of the abduction, a Colombian investigator said Wednesday.

The body of Caqueta state Gov. Luis Francisco Cuellar was found face down on a rural hillside Tuesday nine miles (15 kilometers) from his house in the state capital of Florencia, said the state's chief judicial investigator, Manuel Hernandez.

He had an 8-inch (20-centimeter) gash across the neck and there was no sign of a struggle, Hernandez said. Military officials speculated Cuellar's captors killed him because security forces were in pursuit but there was no sign of combat in the area, Hernandez told The Associated Press.

A rebel commando unit of eight to 10 men dragged Cuellar out of his home late Monday while he was still in his pajamas. It was Cuellar's 69th birthday.

His kidnapping, Colombia's first major political abduction since 2002, underlined the threat still posed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia despite years of being battered by the Andean nation's U.S.-backed military.

The FARC didn't immediately take responsibility for the kidnapping, but it has a history of staging publicity-grabbing attacks during the Christmas holidays.

THE KENNEDY'S AND SEVERAL LIBERAL HOUSE DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS CHAVEZ LIKE FARC.