Colombia registers 10-year low in kidnappings: NGO
Anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre said Sunday 58 people were kidnapped in Colombia during the first...
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ELN proposes exchange of Canadian captive for mining rights
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, on Wednesday demanded mining rights for the rural poor in exchange for the Canadian mining executive currently being held hostage. The rebels said the captive Jernoc Wobert,...
Kidnappings in Colombia’s capital Bogota jump 345% in 2012
Kidnappings in Colombia’s capital Bogota have shot up 345 percent in 2012 as compared to the previous year, according to an analysis released Monday from NGO Pais Libre. Pais Libre’s report, Kidnapping Indicators in...
Kidnap victims’ families indignant about FARC statements
Families of Colombians who have been kidnapped by the FARC on Thursday reacted furiously on statements by the guerrilla group that it holds no more hostages. According to newspaper El Tiempo, nearly 400 families with missing...
Defense minister rejects report stating kidnappings have increased
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Friday that an NGO report claiming kidnapping has increased in the country was “distortional” and “bad intentioned.” “I ask myself what the reasons are to want to distort...
Kidnappings on the rise in Colombia: NGO
A report from Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre released Thursday said there were 82 kidnappings in Colombia during the first three months of 2012, an 11% increase compared to the same period last year. The amount of...
Former FARC hostage to lead Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO
Clara Rojas, a former FARC hostage who ran as Ingrid Betancourt’s presidential running mate, was named director of a prominent Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Thursday. Rojas, one of the guerrilla group’s most...
4 children kidnapped each month in Colombia: NGO
An average of four children are kidnapped each month in Colombia, most by common criminals, according to an NGO report released Monday. According to a report by the non-profit foundation Pais Libre, 15% of the 1,400 victims...
Colombia’s civilian hostages have been ‘forgotten’: NGO
While the upcoming release of five FARC political hostages has been widely publicized, the more than 200 civilian victims of kidnapping in 2010 have been “forgotten,” says Pais Libre, a non-profit organization...
