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Hostage French Foreign Legion Soldier Escapes Guerrillas in Colombia After Four-Day Trek

Bogota:A Colombian soldier serving in the French Foreign Legion who was held hostage by guerrillas successfully escaped his captors in Colombia, havin...

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The face to remember this Tuesday is that of the corporal of the Foreign Legion José Olger Melo Charry, on a striking route. Karim Bennani goes back in detail on the hostage-taking suffered by this soldier as well as on his spectacular escape. (International).

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The 30-year-old man was taken hostage while travelling on a road in Nariño (southwest), a region where drug trafficking and illegal mining organizations operate.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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A Colombian corporal of the French Foreign Legion has escaped from the guerrillas who were holding him hostage. A Colombian non-commissioned officer of the French Foreign Legion, who had been kidnapped and held hostage by guerrillas, managed to escape them and after a four-day patrol he presented himself to the authorities and is being held to avoid possible "retaliation", a source in the Colombian armed forces told AFP on Monday. The corporal's…

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The Colombian non-commissioned officer was kidnapped on August 6 and is now under guard for fear of reprisals.

·Marousi, Greece
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A Foreign Legion corporal managed to escape from his FARC rebel captors, and after a four-day march, he turned himself in to Colombian authorities. The post Colombia: Abducted Foreign Legion non-commissioned officer managed to escape from rebels appeared first on in.gr.

·Greece
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The Franco-Colombian soldier of the French Foreign Legion, kidnapped at the beginning of August while on permission in Colombia, escaped from the hands of the guerrillas holding him, announced Monday...

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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lejdd.fr broke the news on Monday, September 7, 2026.
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