Relatives of officials ‘kidnapped by ELN’
The brother of a mayor and the mother of a town councilor were kidnapped in the north-east Colombian Arauca department on Thursday and Friday, respectively, and taken to Venezuela. The…
The brother of a mayor and the mother of a town councilor were kidnapped in the north-east Colombian Arauca department on Thursday and Friday, respectively, and taken to Venezuela. The…
A British man who was held hostage in Colombia seven years ago released a documentary on Wednesday about returning to the country to meet his kidnapper. Mark Henderson was visiting…
The governor of the indigenous community Resguardo Gran Mallama in the department of Nariño was rescued by members of her community after she was kidnapped on Monday. Ana Pastora Belacazar…
An e-mail found on the computers of deceased FARC military head “Mono Jojoy” says that two police hostages escaped from FARC captivity in 2009, but were recaptured a month later. President…
Gustavo Moncayo, the activist father of former FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo, on Tuesday said there had been an attempts to kidnap him. In the 12 years his son spent…
A group of criminals in Medellin attempted to kidnap Roberto Escobar Gaviria, alias “El Osito,” the brother of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, reports El Espectador. The attempted kidnapping…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt said that the death of FARC leader “Mono Jojoy“ is a sign of hope for a peace process in Colombia, in an interview on NPR’s…
Colombia extradited FARC guerrilla Roque Orobio Lobon to the U.S. where he will appear before a federal court in New York charged with participating in the kidnapping of an American citizen in Panama,…
The director of Colombian NGO Fundacion Pais Libre called on the European Union to continue supporting efforts to free hundreds of kidnapping victims still being held in Colombia, reports W…