The FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) have released the councilman Marcos Baquero, kidnapped in 2009, the first of five releases planned by Sunday, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the party process. "The International Committee of the Red Cross confirms release Councillor Marcos Baquero, who has been given to the humanitarian mission," said a spokesman for the agency.
Marcos Baquero, aged 33, was released by FARC on a humanitarian mission composed of the Ombudsperson, Piedad Cordoba, two ICRC delegates and a representative of the association Colombians for Peace, said this spokesperson. The guerrillas announced Dec. 8 it would give unconditional release five of their hostages.
Marco Baquero, Green Party councilor in San Jose del Guaviare (400 kilometers southwest of Bogota), is the first group that should regain their freedom. FARC - in conflict with the state since 1964, and which still has some 8,000 fighters according to official data - hold nineteen soldiers and police as they are "political prisoners" jailed redeemable against their men, as well as an undetermined number of civilians.
Among the hostages to be released by Sunday, are two soldiers and a policeman of this group. Piedad Cordoba, a mediator appointed to this process of liberation, has also hinted at the possibility of other released in 2011. These releases are the first wave of guerrilla since Juan Manuel Santos, former defense minister and member of the Social Party of National Unity (Partido de la U, right) became president in August 2010. 
Marcos Baquero, aged 33, was released by FARC on a humanitarian mission composed of the Ombudsperson, Piedad Cordoba, two ICRC delegates and a representative of the association Colombians for Peace, said this spokesperson. The guerrillas announced Dec. 8 it would give unconditional release five of their hostages.
Marco Baquero, Green Party councilor in San Jose del Guaviare (400 kilometers southwest of Bogota), is the first group that should regain their freedom. FARC - in conflict with the state since 1964, and which still has some 8,000 fighters according to official data - hold nineteen soldiers and police as they are "political prisoners" jailed redeemable against their men, as well as an undetermined number of civilians.
Among the hostages to be released by Sunday, are two soldiers and a policeman of this group. Piedad Cordoba, a mediator appointed to this process of liberation, has also hinted at the possibility of other released in 2011. These releases are the first wave of guerrilla since Juan Manuel Santos, former defense minister and member of the Social Party of National Unity (Partido de la U, right) became president in August 2010.
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