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PHOTO NUMBER:

J-53587

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO COLOMBIA RETURNS HOME AFTER ORDEAL

TEL AVIV, Israel--Israeli Ambassador to Colombia, Eliyahu Barak, right,

is all smiles as he is greeted by Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir on April

28 at Tel Aviv, after returning from his 61-day ordeal as hostage inside

the Dominican Embassy in Bogota.

The takeover ended when Mr. Barak was released with

the ambassadors of Egypt, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic at Bogota,

while the 16 guerrillas of the Movement of April 19 flew with 12 remaining

captives to Havana, Cuba, where all were set free.

It was a quiet end to the two-month siege which began violently

on Feb. 27, when the leftist terrorists shot their way into a diplomatic

reception and seized 57 hostages. During earlier stages, 40 of these were

released and the Uruguayan ambassador escaped.

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