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Colombian Rebels Free Two Investigators

Summary by The Rio Times
The ELN freed two Colombian state investigators after about 18 months in Arauca, near Venezuela. Here is how it happened and what is not known.

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This is Rodrigo Antonio López and Jesús Antonio Pacheco. They were held by the guerrillas since May 2025. The post ELN frees two CTI agents who had been kidnapped for 18 months appeared first on La Silla Empty.

The investigators were handed over to a humanitarian mission composed of the Office of the Ombudsman, the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Jesús Antonio Pacheco Oviedo and Rodrigo Antonio López Estrada were released after more than 18 months in the hands of the ELN in Arauca.

Rodrigo Antonio López Estrada and Jesús Antonio Pacheco Oviedo, officials of the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, were released on Thursday, November 12, after approximately 18 months being kidnapped by the ELN in the department of Arauca. The two investigators were handed over during the morning to a [...] Rodrigo Antonio López and Jesús Antonio Pacheco were released by the ELN in Arauca a…

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Meridiano 70 broke the news on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
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