Colombia FARC May
Release Hostages Today
The release of three
people detained by the
FARC (Revolutionary
Armed Forces of
Colombia) could happen
on Sunday in the next
hours, as soon as the
insurgency announces the
coordinates of the spot
to hand them over.
In La Vanguardia
airport, in this city,
Peace Commissioner Luis
Carlos Restrepo
announced in a press
conference that
Venezuelan ex Minister
Ramon Rodriguez Chacin,
direct representative of
President Hugo Chavez,
would arrive in
Villavicencio on Sunday.
As it was planned,
Rodriguez Chacin would
be the bearer of the
coordinates, which will
be reported to the ICRC
(International Committee
of the Red Cross) to
immediately execute the
last phase of the
Enmanuel operation, as
Chavez called it.
Restrepo announced that
two other Venezuelan
helicopters and a plane
will also land soon to
reinforce the mechanism
to rescue Clara Rojas,
ex vice presidential
candidate, her son
Enmanuel, and ex
Congresswoman Consuelo
Gonzalez.
The official said the
Colombian government
only requires that the
ICRC reports to it when
the operation will
start, and if more
guarantees are needed to
carry it out.
He said the national
authorities" position is
of total opening, to
offer the required
security guarantees for
a successful release of
the three FARC
prisoners.
He also highlighted that
there is no deadline to
fulfill the operation
and that the periods for
the Venezuelan aircrafts
to stay in Colombian
territory are just
routine procedures.
Representatives of
Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador,
France, and Switzerland
that will act as
guarantors of the
successful release of
the detainees, headed by
ex Argentine President
Nestor Kirchner.
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