Ex-Rebels Quit Colombia Government
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BOGOTA, Colombia — The influential former guerrilla movement M-19 quit the government Tuesday to protest President Cesar Gaviria’s military crackdown on armed rebels and pleaded for U.N. mediation to stop the bloodshed.
The M-19’s withdrawal means the resignation of Health Minister Gustavo de Roux and 350 lesser officials. It is Gaviria’s first major loss of political support since he declared the crackdown Nov. 8 to fight the country’s estimated 8,000 Marxist rebels.
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