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The body of Caqueta state Governor Luis Francisco Cuellar is found less than a day after he was kidnapped from his house in the state capital, allegedly by leftist Farc guerrillas. President Alvaro Uribe said the kidnappers appeared to have cut Cuellar's throat as they were being chased by the security forces. Mr Cuellar had been seized from his house in the provincial capital, Florencia, on Monday. Officials said the attack was the work of left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrillas. Mr Cuellar was the most high profile politician abducted since Mr Uribe came to power in 2002. The terrorists torched the vehicle in which they kidnapped the governor, further ahead they killed him, they slit his throat, they killed him miserably, said Mr Uribe, in a nationally televised address.
