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

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.