
A former Colombian hostage, a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, managed to escape after being kidnapped in Colombia, by overpowering his guard and stealing his rifle while his hands were still tied, spending four days in the forest before reaching safety.
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The soldier was kidnapped in Colombia while serving in the French Foreign Legion. Details of its capture are not provided in the article.
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Hands tied in a river, four days in the forest: the incredible escape of the French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in Colombia
The former Colombian hostage managed to escape by overpowering his guard and stealing his rifle, while his hands were still tied.
In Saxony-Anhalt, the triumph of AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund, “the most dangerous man in Germany” with the air of an “ideal son-in-law”
PORTRAIT - Born in this Land of the former GDR, the thirty-year-old and his far-right party would have obtained nearly 44% of the votes. The best score in a regional election in the history of the movement created in 2013.
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Colombian authorities will intensify searches in the region where the escape took place
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