4 Hostages Released To
Humanitarian Mission in Colombia
Bogota - Four militaries were released on Sunday by the
Revolutionary Armed forces of Colombia (FARC) and delivered to a
humanitarian mission in the south of Colombia, the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said.
Colombian police officer Walter Lozano greets reporters upon his
arrival at Villavicencio Feb. 1, 2009.
The ICRC representative, Ives Heller, said that the relatives of the
hostages were let known of the release. The freed militaries will be
taken to the airport of Vanguardia, in the city of Villavicencio,
center of Colombia.
"As soon as the ICRC mission was told the names of the released
people, ICRC contacted with their relatives," Heller said, "ICRC
mission has gone to the city of Villavicencio where the four
militaries will be delivered to their superiors."
The released are soldier William Dominguez and policemen Juan
Galicia, Alexis Torres and Walter Lozano. FARC will release two
politicians of Colombia in coming days.
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