The Second Marquetalia, one of the main dissidents of the former FARC, He released a person he had kidnapped in the troubled department of Nariñoin southwestern Colombia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported this Tuesday.
“The person they handed over to us was in good health. After her release, our team took her to another area where she was reunited with her family.“said the ICRC delegate in Nariño, Devaki Umakant, in a statement.
He added: “A fundamental element of the humanitarian work that we carry out in these types of situations is to facilitate the reunion of families that have been separated due to armed conflicts, since this humanitarian consequence generates suffering for both the person deprived of liberty and their family environment. and community”.
The release of this person occurred in a rural area of Nariño, where members of the Ivan Rivers front of the Second Marquetaliaa dissident group led by alias ‘Iván Márquez’, handed over the kidnapped person to a humanitarian commission made up of the ICRC, the Ombudsman’s Office and a representative of the Catholic Church.