US ex-hostage calls FARC rebels 'terrorists'

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) — One of three US nationals rescued from Colombia's FARC rebels said Monday the guerillas were not revolutionaries but "terrorists," using a crusade for the poor as a front for crime.

"They are not a revolutionary group. They are terrorists," Marc Gonsalves told a televised press conference from Texas, in his first public comments since the Colombian army rescued him and 14 others from captivity Wednesday.

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