El Aro Massacre

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Massacre of Trujillo

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Iván Márquez

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Flag of Boyacá Department

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Popular Liberation Army

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Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis

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Consuelo Araújo

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Operation Emmanuel

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Jorge Daniel Castro

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Omaira Rojas Cabrera

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No Limite (season 1)

The first season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series No Limite, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor, premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at 11:00 p.m. / 10:00 p.m. on TV Globo