Cross-version in the Government about the 60 Guaviare soldiers: two ministers call it a kidnapping; a chief negotiator calls it retention

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Cross-version in the Government about the 60 Guaviare soldiers: two ministers call it a kidnapping; a chief negotiator calls it retention

Nearly a hundred Colombian soldiers were carrying out an operation in the vicinity of San José del Guaviare, in the south of the country, when they were held by men who identified themselves as members of the peasant guard. The events took place on Friday, August 9, while national attention focused on the medals won at the Paris Olympic Games by weightlifters Yeison López and Mari Leivis Sánchez. More than 60 of them are still being held this Mo…