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The French Foreign Legion Soldier Kidnapped in Colombia Has Escaped, According to Colombian Media Reports.

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José Olger Melo Charry managed to escape after being held for several days by rebels from the Central General Staff (EMC) in Nariño, in the southwest of the country, and reached a police station on his own, according to the newspaper El Tiempo. The soldier spent four days on the run before reaching this station, located in the municipality of Policarpa, on Saturday night. Hours later, on Sunday morning, he was transferred by helicopter to Pasto…

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José Olger Melo Charry, Colombian soldier of the French Foreign Legion abducted in early August, managed to escape.

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José Olger Melo Charry managed to escape after being held for several days by rebels from the Central General Staff (EMC) in Nariño, in the southwest of the country, and reached a police station on his own, according to the newspaper El Tiempo. The soldier spent four days on the run before reaching this station, located in the municipality of Policarpa, on Saturday night. Hours later, on Sunday morning, he was transferred by helicopter to Pasto…

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Corporal José Olger Melo Charry of the French Foreign Legion, abducted on 6 August by dissidents of the ex-FARC in the department of Nariño, Colombia, managed to escape after several days of captivity....

Removed on August 6 while on leave, José Olger Melo Charry, a Colombian corporal from the French Foreign Legion, is again free. The 35-year-old man managed to escape after remaining...

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Corporal José Olger Melo Charry was taken hostage on 6 August in the Nariño department by dissidents of the Farc guerrillas. After four days of flight, he regained his freedom.

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This Colombian soldier from the French Foreign Legion had been abducted by the guerrillas in early August. He was said to have managed to escape by his own means, according to the Colombian press. The French authorities have not yet confirmed this information. - Colombia: the soldier of the French Foreign Legion abducted in August would have escaped his captors (International).

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El Tiempo broke the news in Bogotá, Colombia on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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