A soldier in the French Foreign Legion was kidnapped earlier this month in an area dominated by guerrillas in southwestern Colombia, the country's army said Thursday. Jose Olger Melo Charry, who is French-Colombian, was taken hostage on August 6 while travelling along a road in the department of Narino, according to a Colombian army report seen by AFP. Those responsible are believed to be the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) – the main breakaway faction of the now-defunct rebel army FARC, which laid down arms in a historic 2016 peace deal.
Colombian FARC leaders ordered to make reparations for over 21,000 kidnappings
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