WORLD IN BRIEF : ECUADOR : American Abducted by Colombia Rebels
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Scott Heimdal, 28, an American employee of International Mining Co., was abducted by Colombian guerrillas in a remote area in northern Ecuador, a U.S. official said. Heimdal was kidnaped Saturday while traveling by boat with three Ecuadoreans and a Colombian near the Ecuador-Colombia border, said Gregory Lagana, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Quito. An Ecuadorean was killed when the rebels, who claimed to be from Colombia’s Popular Liberty Army, opened fire as the boat’s pilot tried to flee, he said.
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