Colombia Authorizes Solórzano and Sanmiguel Release

The government of President Juan Manuel Santos allowed “to continue the process of liberation” of Sergeant Salín Sanmiguel and the major Guillermo Solórzano. However he said clearly that the process will only take place once the necessary conditions for the process are assured to be carried out problems. Once everything is ready, the Government will inform the date of the operation will begin to receive the hostages.

his was reported by Eduardo Pizarro, interlocutor of the Government to this process of liberation, which was hampered on Sunday after the failure o the delivery of the last two hostages, whose release had been announced by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

The unconditional release of five hostages, announced in December by the FARC as a “humanitarian gesture” to the former senator Piedad Córdoba, began last Wednesday with the delivery of Councillor Marcos Baquero. Process continued on Friday with the release of fellow Councilman Armando Acuña and Marine Henry López.

Source: Diario El Tiempo / Expreso