Colombian troops kidnapped by civilians released, defense ministry says
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Ministry of Defense said Saturday that 29 members of the country's armed forces who had been kidnapped by civilians were released.
A day earlier, the ministry announced that the troops had been kidnapped from two locations in Cauca province after attacks by a FARC dissident faction.
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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