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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 27 > Colombian hostage flees with jailer

Colombian hostage flees with jailer


October 27, 2008

BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian lawmaker says he escaped eight years of rebel captivity along with one of his jailers.

Authorities initially said the 62-year-old politician, Oscar Tulio Lizcano, had been rescued by Colombia’s military.

Lizcano says he and the rebel fled three....

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