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Uribe: FARC inflitrated sugar cane strike


Guerrilla group FARC infiltrated the group of sugar cane cutters that have gone on strike and are causing a shortage of sugar in the country, says Colombian President Álvaro Uribe.

The President, speaking in Armenia, also said a senator -- not mentioning which one -- had been in a meeting between the guerrillas and the strikers and called on Chief Prosecutor Mario Iguarán to investigate the matter.

The sugar cane strike has been going on for several weeks.