Dissidents of the demobilized guerrilla of the FARC left in release five people who had kidnapped in the convulsive region of Catatumbo, bordering Venezuela, reported this Wednesday the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The agency detailed in a statement that in the operation, carried out in a rural area of the Catatumbowhich is part of the department of North of Santanderparticipated the Ombudsman, the Colombian Red Cross and representatives of the Catholic Church.
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The people, who were in the power of the dissidence of the Front 33 of the Farc, They were in adequate health conditions, as verified by a nurse from the Colombian Red Cross, after which they were transferred to another area to be reunited with their families.
“The constant dialogue that we maintain with all the armed actors enables the success of these humanitarian operations. We work confidentially with strict principles of neutrality and impartiality that contribute to the acceptance by all parties of the work we carry out,” he said. Bruno Migowskihead of the office of ICRC in Cucutadepartmental capital of North of Santander.
