Tanja Nijmeijer (1978) is a former Dutch squatter and Trotskyist activist (she
was briefly a member of the Dutch International Socialists).
Nijmeijer studied Romance
languages and Romance cultures at the University
of Groningen and in 2000 she went
to Colombia as
an exchange student. In November 2002 she joined there the Colombian guerilla
group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), where she has
become a leading figure since then.
Yesterday, Nijmeijer arrived in Cuba , as a
member of the delegation to negotiate peace with the Colombian government.
She is charged with terrorism in the United States for
holding three American citizens captive. If found guilty she faces up to 60
years in custody.
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