FARC guerrillas release kidnapped helicopter pilots

On July 25 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas issued a
statement asking for ICRC and the NGO representatives to act as
intermediaries so they could release the pilots.

The rebels captured the pilots when their helicopter made an emergency landing
in a football field in the village of El Plateado, in the municipality of
Argelia, in Cauca province.

The rebels charged that the helicopter had been flying surveillance over a
local area from the towns of Argelia, to Guapi and Timbiqui in Cauca – for
over two months.

Founded in 1964, the FARC is the oldest and largest leftist guerrilla group in
the country with some 9,200 fighters.

An NGO named Pais Libre (Free Country) said in a recent report that the FARC
has lowered its rate of kidnapping this year.

Source: agencies

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