Oil workers released in central Colombia 24 hours after kidnapping
Five oil company employees were released on Thursday, 24 hours after their kidnapping in a Colombian mining district known for its paramilitary and guerrilla activity.
Five oil company employees were released on Thursday, 24 hours after their kidnapping in a Colombian mining district known for its paramilitary and guerrilla activity.
Authorities have confirmed the kidnapping of five oil company employees in central Colombia, local media reported on Wednesday.
A former FARC leader confessed that he participated in the kidnapping of three American military contractors and held them hostage for almost two years.
Two police officers who were reported kidnapped on Saturday have been found dead in the southwestern state of Nariño, authorities said Tuesday.
A Colombian businessman was kidnapped Tuesday in the northern coastal state of Magdalena.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, on Thursday released a police officer captured in combat last month.
Left-wing rebel group ELN said on Monday that they will release a police officer who was captured in combat last week.
Police in the southwest of Colombia have rescued a kidnapping victim whose kidnappers allegedly had demanded $20 million for his release.
Two petrol company employees have been freed in the northeast of Colombia after being kidnapped by armed men last Sunday.