COLOMBIA : American Hostage Freed After 2 Years
From Times Wire Reports
Kidnappers freed an American missionary more than two years after he was seized while riding his motorcycle to work. Raymond Rising, 54, of Glenwood, Minn., was released Monday in Bogota, the Summer Institute of Linguistics said. Rising was kidnapped in March 1994, about 105 miles southeast of Bogota. The rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is believed responsible. A spokesman for the U.S.-based missionary group said no ransom was paid and no rescue had been attempted.
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