Lyan Hortúa, a Child Allegedly Kidnapped by FARC Dissidents, Has Been Released in Colombia.

By Fernando Ramos and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Lyan Hortúa, a boy who was allegedly kidnapped on May 3 in the municipality of Jamundí by dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, was released on Wednesday and is doing well, the South American country's Ombudsman's Office reported. The 11-year-old boy was handed over in the department of Valle del Cauca, the institution said on its X account. In a vid…

A dissidence of the FARC guerrillas freed Lyan Hortúa, an 11-year-old boy kidnapped for 18 days in the Cauca Valley (southwest), in the midst of Colombia's greatest peak of violence since the signing of the peace agreement, the Ombudsman's Office reported on Wednesday.

The 11-year-old boy kidnapped 18 days ago in the south of Colombia has regained his freedom in the afternoon of this Wednesday after a mediation by the Ombudsman’s Office. This has been confirmed by the person in charge of this human rights entity, Iris Marin, in a video in which he also points out that the minor is in good health. “I call on all armed groups to respect international humanitarian law (...) of all people, but especially that of c…

The process took place on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 21, thanks to the intervention of the Ombudsman's Office.

Guerrilla Colombiana liberates Lyan Hortúa; 11-year-old child kidnapped Despite the fact that it has not yet been discovered that armed group orchestrate this kidnapping, FARC and ultra-right paramilitaries are suspected Thursday, May 22, 2025 Thursday, May 22, 2025 Diego Ortigoza Guerrilla Colombiana liberates Lyan Hortúa; 11-year-old child kidnapped Nation The Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia informs that, the child of 11 years identified as …

The child's family has rejected speculations that have arisen.