Another one saw him pulled from Cartagena Bay by Marxist guerrillas.

When he went to Colombia in 1969, it was to serve as a doctor for rural Marxist guerrillas.

The Government estimates that there are 16,000 Marxist guerrillas, compared with 25,000 six years ago.

Colombia, embroiled in a struggle between government forces and Marxist guerrillas, remains an especially deadly place for independent journalists.

Marxist guerrillas have killed several civilians in recent weeks and threatened others with death.

The vast majority are peasants caught in the crossfire between Marxist guerrillas and the right-wing paramilitary forces that seek to wipe them out.

Undoubtedly, Marxist guerrillas dominated a corner of the country.

They are, after all, former Marxist guerrillas.

The country's two overwhelming problems are a growing trade in cocaine and heroin and a 35-year civil war against Marxist guerrillas.

Drug traffickers are believed to be working with Marxist guerrillas in Colombia.