Binding Hands in a River: the Escape of the French Legionnaire Kidnapped in Colombia
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Last Thursday, when he was going to serve a month as a hostage of a dissidence of the former FARC guerrilla, the Colombian military asked to be taken to the bush to do his needs, as he told the army of his country. Far from the camp, Melo Charry, about 35 years old, struggled with the kidnapper, immobilized him and took away his rifle. A high military source shared with the AFP details of the escape. Still tied up, he jumped into a river and fre…
On permission in his native country, Colombia, José Olger Melo Charry, corporal of the French Foreign Legion, was abducted on 6 August 2026 by FARC dissidents. He was held hostage for almost a month, and was...
A Colombian soldier from the French Foreign Legion, taken hostage by the Colombian guerrillas, immobilized one of the guards and threw himself into a river, although his hands were tied, declared Tuesday for AFP a high-ranking military source.
Held a month by guerrillas, a corporal of the Foreign Legion managed to flee to the Andes and walked four days before being rescued.
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