The authorities They rescued a man from Bogotá who had been kidnapped in Cali. According to the official report, the man had been deprived of liberty by five people, who apparently They asked for the sum of $150 million for his release.
According to General Juan Carlos León, commander of the Cali Metropolitan Police, the man had arrived in the capital of the Valley on May 29 to carry out a commercial transaction with a friend, and 12 days later he was reported missing.
For the general, it is presumed that the victim had decided to stay in the city with two unknown peoplea situation that put him in a state of vulnerability.
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The rescued had been hidden, initially in a hotel in downtown Cali, and had been transferred to a house in the Sindical neighborhood, located in Comuna 12, east of Cali, where he was later rescued by the authorities.
“Once we learned about the case, we carried out an operational deployment with the Unified Action Group for Personal Anti-extortion Freedom (Gaula), and after an arduous follow-up work, it was possible to find the whereabouts of the kidnapped”, General Leon said.
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According to the Metropolitan Police, The man managed to send a message to his mother during the early hours of Tuesday, June 14, where he told him about the situation in which he found himself, the intimidation to which he was subjected, as well as a brief description of the place where he was.
Immediately, the authorities managed to trace the call and activated the search and location protocols, as well as intense field work that allowed its location.
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In the operation, Five people were captured, including two women and three men. one of them acted as a caretaker and had a record for illegal possession of firearms.
Those captured were handed over to the Attorney General’s Office, while the rescued he was reunited with his family and will return in the next few hours to his hometown.
