Leftist rebels kidnapped five gold prospectors doing exploratory drilling for a Canadian company on Friday in a northern province, officials said. The men — a Canadian, two Peruvians and two Colombian — were seized by about two dozen rebels of the leftist National Liberation Army, Colombia’s second-largest insurgency, in a rural area of Bolívar State, said the commander of the armed forces, Gen. Alejandro Navas. The rebel band, known by the initials of its Spanish name, E.L.N., is far smaller than the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which is engaged in peace talks with the government.
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