President Gustavo Petro says freeing the seized soldiers ‘is imperative’.

The military says the civilians were acting under pressure from dissidents of the Farc rebel group.

BOGOTA: More than 50 Colombian soldiers were being held captive Sunday by residents of a guerrilla-controlled region in the southwest of the country, the army said. A first…

President Gustavo Petro says freeing the seized soldiers ‘is imperative’.

Fifty-seven soldiers had been seized over the weekend and held captive in the restive Cauca region.