Romeo Langlois Freed: Colombia Rebels Release French Reporter
Reuters | Posted: 05/30/2012 3:02 pm Updated: 05/30/2012 3:20 pm
By Eduardo Garcia and Luis Jaime Acosta
BOGOTA, May 30 (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas freed French reporter Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, a month after taking him hostage in a firefight that showed the leftist group is still a menace despite a decade of military blows.
Langlois, the rebels' highest-profile captive since French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, was taken hostage in the southern Caqueta region on April 28 after he was caught in crossfire between a Colombian military unit he was embedded with and heavily armed FARC rebels.
"Other than being held for a month after being wounded, the rest has gone well," the freelance journalist for France 24 told reporters at the scene.
Langlois was wounded in his left arm, but appeared in good health after being released. He said he had been treated well during his captivity.
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