Hostage held by
Colombian rebels rescued
near Venezuelan border
An entrepreneur
allegedly held hostage
by Colombia's
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC) near the
Venezuelan border has
been rescued, Colombian
officials said Friday
The hostage named Juan
Carlos Bermudez was
allegedly kidnapped by
FARC at a carbon mine
and taken to the
Colombia-Venezuela
border region, where
specialist anti-kidnap
troops fought with
guerillas.
"They kidnapped him at a
carbon mine and a
special anti-kidnapping
unit underwent the
search and rescue
mission," said Jorge
Cardenas, police
commander of Colombia's
northeastern Santander
province.
Colombian President
Alvaro Uribe has
declared 2007 "the
hostage rescue year at
all cost."
FARC is Colombia's
biggest guerrilla force
which Uribe has vowed to
eradicate before the end
of his term in 2010. |
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