Marxist guerrillas kidnapped a Colombian presidential candidate on a dangerous road into their former safe haven as the army tried to take full control of the disputed jungle area, officials said on Sunday. Trailing badly in pre-election polls, Ingrid Betancourt was seeking to be the first candidate to enter the former enclave since army troops swept in on Saturday after peace talks collapsed. She ignored repeated military advice to stay away. The 40-year-old mother-of-two, who is running on an independent ticket, was seized with her campaign manager Clara Rojas by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known in Spanish as FARC, on Saturday afternoon, the army said.

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