Colombia rebels to start hostage releaseThe Colombian rebel group FARC Noun 1. FARC - a powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers said it would on Sunday begin freeing six of the hundreds of political prisoners it holds, as part of a unilateral unilateral /uni·lat·er·al/ (-lat´er-al) affecting only one side. u·ni·lat·er·al adj. On, having, or confined to only one side. "goodwill" gesture. The captives to be released are three police officers, a soldier, a former lawmaker and a former governor -- part of a group of so-called "political hostages" the FARC wants to swap for some 500 guerrillas held in Colombian and US jails. The police officers and soldier are to be handed over in the jungle of Caqueta province to a humanitarian commission headed by Colombian legislator LEGISLATOR. One who makes laws. 2. In order to make good laws, it is necessary to understand those which are in force; the legislator ought therefore, to be thoroughly imbued with a knowledge of the laws of his country, their advantages and defects; to Piedad Cordoba cor·do·ba n. See Table at currency. [American Spanish córdoba, after Francisco Fernández de Córdoba (1475?-1526?), Spanish explorer.] Noun 1. . FARC has said the prisoner release would be complete by Wednesday. The FARC -- Latin America's oldest and most powerful rebel group has been trying to topple the government since the 1960s. A humanitarian prisoner swap has been considered for several years with the rebels, who currently hold between 350 and 700 hostages, including 28 "political hostages." The release reverses a FARC decision announced at the start of 2008 to stop handing over hostages without prior demilitarization de·mil·i·ta·rize tr.v. de·mil·i·ta·rized, de·mil·i·ta·riz·ing, de·mil·i·ta·riz·es 1. To eliminate the military character of. 2. of certain regions. 
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