Body of abducted Colombian governor found - CNN.com

Body of abducted Colombian governor found

December 22, 2009 7:45 p.m. EST

Colombian soldiers stand next to tables with thousands of seized cartridges put on display on May 6, 2009, in Medellin, Antioquia Department, which were seized from FARC leftist guerrillas.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: Governor's body is found by Colombian troops in an area close to his home
• Luis Francisco Cuellar Carvajal was governor of the department or state of Caqueta
• Authorities suspect FARC leftist Colombian rebels responsible for the kidnapping
• It was the fifth time that the governor had been kidnapped; one of his bodyguards was killed

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• Colombia
• FARC

(CNN) -- The body of Luis Francisco Cuellar Carvajal, governor of the department of Caqueta, Colombia, was discovered Tuesday not far from where he was kidnapped the night before, government spokesperson Wilmer Rua told C