TO MATCH WITH STORY BC-AUTOS COLOMBIA-WILLYS - Colombia Elias Botero proudly sits in his restored Willys CJ-3A, painted in military colors, during a 4x4 rally just north of Bogota. The American icon has long been a workhorse in the Colombian countryside, carting plantains, coffee and yucca and more recently has been embraced by Bogota's middle-classes who use their no-frills Willys to go to their weekend homes in the country and hopefully avoid the threat of kidnap by warring Marxist rebels. Picture taken 13APR00.

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