TERRORISM REVIEW

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• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01114198
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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2016
• Case Number: F-2016-00363
• Publication Date: July 15, 1995

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Articles
Terrorism Review
July 1995
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Highlights
Colombia: FARC Kills Two US Missionaries
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Chronology of International Terrorism
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Summary of Indigenous Terrorism�June 1995
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This Review is published monthly by the DC1 Counterterrorist
Center Comments and queries are welcome and may be directed to
Information available as of 15 July 1995 was used in this Review.
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Status of US Hostages in Colombia, July 1995
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Mark Rich, David Mankins, Richard Tenenoff, missionaries with
the New Tribes Mission, were kidnapped near the Colombia-Panama
border in January 1993. They are being held by the FARC's Fifth
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Ray Rising, a Summer Institute for linguistics employee,
was abducted in Meta Department in March 1994;
is believed held by the FARC's 43rd Front.
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Thomas Hargrove, an employee of an agricultural
research station, was kidnapped near Cali last September;
is believed held by the FARC's Sixth Front
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Highlights
Significant Developments
Latin America
Colombia FARC Kills Two US Missionaries
The Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) killed two American
missionaries, Steve Welsh and Timothy Van Dyke, after a firefight with the Colombian
military on 19 June. Both men were kidnapped by FARC guerrillas in January 1994.
The guerrillas apparently assassinated the two hostages in an attempt to facilitate their
escape from a military patrol, Ple Minister of Defense
said the patrol engaged the terrorists during "normal" antiguerrilla operations
The Colombian military and national antikidnapping unit dropped a joint plan to
rescue the two hostages in early June, reporting, because the
the operation would place the hostages in greater jeop-
ardy. The Colombian military has been criticized in the past for its heavyhanded
rescue methods that often have led to serious injuries or death to kidnap victims. In
October 1992, FARC killed a British businessman during a botched rescue attempt
by the military
Undefended foreign and religious workers in rural sections of Colombia remain in
danger of being kidnapped by FARC, which frequently kidnaps US citizens. For-
eigners at greatest risk include missionaries, petroleum engineers, or employees of
evangelical organizations, who work in rural areas near guerrilla-occupied territo-
ries. FARC currently is holding four US missionaries and a public relations
employee. The group usually releases hosta es unharmed after its demands for
substantial ransom payments are met.
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