Hostage French Foreign Legion Soldier Escapes Guerrillas in Colombia After Four-Day Trek
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Removed on August 6 by dissidents of the ex-Farc while on permission in Colombia, a corporal of the French Foreign Legion managed to escape. He spent four days alone in the wild before he...
The face to remember this Tuesday is that of the corporal of the Foreign Legion José Olger Melo Charry, on a striking route. Karim Bennani goes back in detail on the hostage-taking suffered by this soldier as well as on his spectacular escape. (International).
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SIC NotíciasThe 30-year-old man was taken hostage while travelling on a road in Nariño (southwest), a region where drug trafficking and illegal mining organizations operate.
A Colombian corporal of the French Foreign Legion has escaped from the guerrillas who were holding him hostage. A Colombian non-commissioned officer of the French Foreign Legion, who had been kidnapped and held hostage by guerrillas, managed to escape them and after a four-day patrol he presented himself to the authorities and is being held to avoid possible "retaliation", a source in the Colombian armed forces told AFP on Monday. The corporal's…
The Colombian non-commissioned officer was kidnapped on August 6 and is now under guard for fear of reprisals.
A Foreign Legion corporal managed to escape from his FARC rebel captors, and after a four-day march, he turned himself in to Colombian authorities. The post Colombia: Abducted Foreign Legion non-commissioned officer managed to escape from rebels appeared first on in.gr.
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