US EditionRescue in the Jungle: Soldiers Freed in Colombia
- Thirty-Three Colombian soldiers kidnapped on August 25 were freed on Thursday in Guaviare's rural El Retorno municipality.
- The kidnapping followed clashes in which 11 guerrillas, including a dissident FARC commander, died and villagers demanded a slain rebel's body return.
- The soldiers were held by villagers under rebel orders in a jungle area known for coca crops and drug trafficking, amid ongoing conflict with dissident FARC factions rejecting the 2016 peace deal.
- Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed the release, stating the soldiers had been detained from Monday, and that the villagers demanded the transfer of a deceased rebel's body to the provincial morgue.
- This event highlights challenges in securing rural zones despite President Gustavo Petro's 2022 peace strategy amid Colombia's six-decade conflict causing over 450,000 deaths.
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After violent fighting with rebels on Tuesday, the soldiers were prevented from leaving an area of the department of Guaviare, something the Government of Gustavo Peter classified as a kidnapper.
33 Colombian soldiers were captured in a jungle area after clashes with armed rebels.
Associated Press News
Colombia's ombudswoman says 33 soldiers allegedly kidnapped under orders of a rebel group are freed
Thirty-three Colombian soldiers allegedly taken by villagers acting under the orders of a rebel group were freed after three days.
Reforma
eldiariodechihuahua.mxMilitary personnel abducted by dozens of civilians in a jungle area of southeastern Colombia were released.
The Straits Times
UpstractDozens of kidnapped Colombian soldiers released, says defense ministry
BOGOTA - Nearly three-dozen soldiers who had been kidnapped by armed civilians in a jungle area of southeastern Colombia have been released, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Rescue in the Jungle: Soldiers Freed in Colombia
Nearly three-dozen Colombian soldiers kidnapped by armed civilians in a jungle area have been released, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez announced. The soldiers were taken on August 25 following a clash in El Retorno municipality, which resulted in 11 guerrilla deaths, including a former FARC dissident commander.
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