Former Colombian lawmaker Oscar Tulio Lizcano was rescued by Colombia’s army on Sunday, after being held in captivity for more than six years by lefist Farc rebels, a government official said.
”The army and the police, in a joint intelligence operation, succeeded in rescuing Doctor Lizcano at 8.15 in the morning (1.15pm GMT)” said Henry Murillo, a top official in the western state Caldas.
The rescue comes nearly four months after the army freed Colombia’s best-known captive, former Colombian lawmaker Ingrid Betancourt, who also had been held for six years by the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).
Latin America’s oldest and most powerful insurgency, the Farc has been trying to topple the Bogota government since the 1960s. – AFP
