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Swedish hostage freed in Colombia
Mar 18 -- Colombia's main left-wing rebel group, the Farc, has freed its last known foreign hostage, a Swedish man abducted two years ago, Colombian officials say. Video.
18 de marzo de 2009
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Video footage from the state security agency showed a man identified as Erik Roland Larsson, 69, being lifted from a canoe and carried across marsh land.
The retired engineer, who was abducted in May 2007, is in poor health.
The Farc still hold several hundred hostages, most for ransom. It is not known if money was paid in this case.
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