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BOGOTA, June 28 (UPI) -- Colombia's leftist rebels offered to swap three American kidnap victims for two of their leaders being detained in the United States.
U.S. officials immediately nixed the idea saying it wouldn't deal with the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, El Tiempo reported Tuesday.
The U.S. State Department considers FARC and other armed leftist groups in Colombia terrorist organizations.
Defense contractors Marc Gonsalves, Tom Howes and Keith Stansell were captured in February 2003 when their plan crashed in southern Colombia. Rebels accused the men of being members of the CIA.
The FARC leaders in U.S. custody -- Ricardo Palmera and Omaira Rojas -- are accused of trafficking tons of illegal drugs to the United States.
FARC uses the lucrative drug trade to finance its 41-year war against the Colombian government.
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