Colombian abductees still held, media blamed

(Vatican Radio) Colombia's largest guerrilla army is blaming the media for not being able to release two Police Officers and a soldier they had kidnapped.

Former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba, who has helped in many hostage rescues, was on her way to the release site 300 kms to the Southeast of the Capitol Bogota when the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- the FARC announced that it is all off. There will not yet be a freedom ceremony for two Police Officers and a Soldier, who its operatives abducted last month.

The FARC has recently stopped kidnapping civilians, but still continues the practice with these two branches of the State.

The FARC blamed an excessive presence of the media in the planned release zone.
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has seized upon this calling it totally unacceptable. No second release date has been announced.

The political cat and mouse game the FARC is playing is not helping the peace talks between itself and the Colombian Government in Havana.

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