FARC
Prisoners Arrive in
Venezuela
Colombian former
candidate to Vice
President Clara Rojas
and former congress
deputy Consuelo Gonzalez
arrived at the
Venezuelan airport of
Santo Domingo,
Venezuelan state of
Tachira Thursday.
Rojas and Gonzalez were
released by the Colombia
Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FARC) Thursday,
and both were
transferred from
Colombia after they were
released.
The mission was
successful, after they
were picked up in a zone
whose coordinates were
informed by FARC members
to Venezuelan
authorities.
In statements to the
press, Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
said he had information
from Venezuelan Interior
Minister Ramon Rodriguez
Chacin that Rojas and
Gonzalez had been
liberated, and were in
his hands.
Chavez said he had the
chance to talk to Rojas
and Gonzalez after their
liberation and informed
the planes used in the
rescue operation were
returning to Venezuela.
He was grateful for the
support of the Colombian
government to this
operation, and pointed
out that the prisoners´
families would be
waiting for them at the
Simon Bolivar Airport,
Venezuelan state of
Vargas, and asked
communication media to
respect the wishes of
the relatives.
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