The 29 police officers and soldiers who were held hostage in Colombia have been released. This is reported by residents of La Hacienda in the southwestern region of Cauca to AFP.
According to the country's defense department, it was deserters from the Farc guerrilla who took the persons away on Thursday.
The defense department points to EMC as being behind it. EMC is a breakaway faction from the Farc guerrilla and is led by rebels who have not accepted the peace agreement that Farc signed in 2016.
The incident took place in an area controlled by EMC and where there are large coca plantations. The state has been trying to regain control since October.
