CONFLICT● ELEVATEDSep 8 · Sep 8, 2026, 9:34 AM
French legionnaire escapes Colombian captors, makes four-day trek to freedom
France 24 [en] · south america
A Colombian soldier in the French Foreign Legion who was taken hostage by guerrillas in Colombia escaped his captors after a four-day trek on foot through rebel-held territory. Jose Olger Melo Charry was taken hostage on August 6 by a dissident faction of the now-defunct FARC guerrilla group while he was traveling on a highway in Colombia's southwest.
GlobeAlert aggregates and classifies open sources; the story above belongs to its publisher. Summaries are machine-generated from the source text.
More in Conflict
CONFLICT1h agoIran’s president tells Fox anchor the war was ‘imposed on us’The HillCONFLICT1h agoRemembering Jim Copenhaver : Another Victim of the Butler Shooting Diespjmedia.com · United StatesCONFLICT1h agoIt up to US if it wants to end war : Iranian presidentthecourier.com.au · AustraliaCONFLICT1h agoFifty - seven security personnel killed in Niger attacksstandard.net.au · Australia