FARC Rebels Kidnap Five
Colombian Officers
The rebel Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC) had kidnapped
five Colombian officers,
who were traveling in a
boat, which had been
reported as missing with
13 persons aboard in the
Atrato river in the
Colombian Pacific,
Colombia's army said
Friday.
The other eight persons
aboard the boat were
released by FARC, the
army said.
"Among the released, six
are adults and two are
minors, (they) already
have been transferred to
the capital of Choco,
Quibdo. There are army
actions by air and land
in order to rescue the
other five persons," the
army said.
Police commanders of the
department of Choco
General Juan Rodriguez
said that the searching
of the boat has been
intensified since
Thursday night.
Police initially
presumed that the boat
had sunk in the river.
The boat was reported
missing Thursday when
sailing from Quibdoto
the municipality of
Turbo, in the department
of Antioquia.
FARC and another rebel
group, the Army of
National Liberation, as
well as ultra rightwing
paramilitary militias
have been operating in
the department of Choco.
|
