the World : Banker’s Daughter Seized
Ten armed kidnapers burst into a university classroom in Bogota, Colombia, and abducted Camila Michelsen, 20, daughter of fugitive banker Jaime Michelsen, who is wanted on charges of defrauding customers of $50 million. A student and a guard were shot and wounded during the abduction. Family sources said the leftist M-19 guerrilla group phoned to demand $3 million ransom. Jaime Michelsen, former president of the Banco de Colombia, was charged with bank fraud in 1983. He fled to Miami, and reportedly is living in Panama.
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