Hands Bound, Into a River - How a French Foreign Legion Soldier Escaped Colombian Rebels
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A high-ranking military source reported on Tuesday, September 8, how the Colombian corporal of the French Foreign Legion managed to escape on September 3 from the guerrillas who had held him hostage for nearly a month.
A Colombian soldier from the French Foreign Legion, kidnapped by the guerrillas while on holiday in his country, managed to escape after almost a month of captivity. Although his hands were tied, the man immobilized his guard, took his weapon and threw himself into a river, then went for four days through a mountainous region controlled by groups involved in drug trafficking, until he reached a police station.
Hands bound, into a river - how a French Foreign Legion soldier escaped Colombian rebels
A French Foreign Legion soldier overpowered one of his Colombian captors and then jumped into a river with his hands tied in a dramatic escape from a guerrilla group that reads like the plot of a thriller.
The 35-year-old legionary developed a trick to find himself alone in front of a guard, whom he mastered even though he had his hands tied.
Held hostage by guerrillas, a French legionary of Colombian origin managed to escape after mastering his abductor despite his hands tied The Colombian soldier of the Legion
The former Colombian hostage managed to escape by mastering his guard and stealing his rifle, while he still had his hands obstructed.
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