FLORENCIA, Colombia (AP) — A soldier held hostage for more than 12 years was freed by Colombian rebels Tuesday, the International Red Cross said.Sgt. Pablo Emilio Moncayo was one of the longest-held hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC.
Colombian rebels free hostage more than 12 years after capture
March 30, 2010
Relatives welcome hostage Pablo Moncayo, center, as he arrives to the airport in Florencia in southern Colombia after being released by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Sgt. Moncayo was kidnapped after a rebel attack on a military mountaintop communications post in Dec. 1997. At left, Moncayo’s father, Gustavo Moncayo.
