Today is the first full day that Pablo Moncayo enjoys his newfound freedom after spending over 4000 days in captivity.The Colombian soldier whom the local press dubbed as the world’s longest held kidnapped victim” was finally freed on Tuesday by his rebel captors. Much like the liberation on Sunday of Pvt. Josue Calvo, Moncayo was handed over by the FARC in a nearby jungle location to a “humanitarian commission” led by Sen. Piedad Cordoba and the International Red Cross. "You have no idea how staggering it is to return to civilization," said Moncayo after being reunited with his family members and then unlocking the heavy steel chains his father wore around his body in solidarity with his son’s plight.
Unfortunately the joyous occasion was somewhat marred by controversy after the Colombian government complained that Venezuelan-owned TV network Telesur broke official protocol by divulging images of Moncayo’s handover. The channel’s president replied by denouncing the Colombian government’s “history of…stigmatizing Telesur” and reminded them of their misuse of the Red Cross symbol during a 2008 rescue operation.
Moncayo’s liberation was said to be the last by the FARC unless a prisoner exchange is agreed to along with the government. Despite the suffering of dozens of families the odds of an agreement are pretty slim:
"Our hopes remain and we have to keep fighting," said Fanny Martinez, a cousin of the 33-year-old soldier.Image- Times Online
The rebels sent a statement with the humanitarian team that picked up Moncayo in which FARC commander Alfonso Cano said: "With this unilateral gesture, the FARC considers the path cleared for the immediate exchange of prisoners of war."
But President Alvaro Uribe has opposed a swap of imprisoned rebels for hostages unless any guerrillas who are freed agree to abandon the FARC. Uribe has always insisted any rebels freed from Colombia's prisons as part of a prisoner swap be taken in by another country, such as France.
Online Sources- LAHT, The Latin Americanist, BBC News, Telesur, AP, NPR
Well, Congratulations to Professor Moncayo and his liberated son - this is a beautiful story of how much a father can love his son. We are all happy for this great Moncayo family.
ReplyDeleteBravo for persistence and constancy in the most difficult moral and economic conditions. !!
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The Daily Media Masturbators : Cretins talking about Mexico's Fall to scare idiots - History of Colombian Capos and how they were defeated
Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha ( Alias El Mexicano ), Super billionaire Colombian Powerful Capo with dozens of big luxurious country houses was killed in 1989, from a cinematographic persecution with fast boats and helicopters, other criminals including his son died with him in this adventure in the beaches of Colombia, close to Cartagena. El Mexicano's bathroom faucets and taps were made of pure gold, and the metal pieces of the toilets too !!
Pablo Escobar was killed in year 1992, so the Colombian Government concentrated on the Cali Cartel.
In a few years "El ajedrecista" Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela and his brother where in jail. Both are in U. S. Jails now.
All these years the Colombian Government has exported lesser capos, men of less criminal power to the USA. Cargos of 20 narcos have arrived to Miami in a single DEA Airplane, all of them in chains.
The extradiction has proved to be the best weapon against Narcos.
Mexico is many times richer than Colombia.... in Economic Terms .... It is a country with a richer culture and cultural life than the South American Nation.
So I have said for years that Mexico is not going to fall ....
Enter Racist Bigots like Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Rush Limbaugh and other less important demagogues and populists.
These people live on Hate, Fear, Paranoia, scaring fools, promoting Jingoism and UberPatriotism, that is the most foolish kind of Chauvinism and Nationalism. But can make a rich man of a perfect cretin like Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh.
They are interested in keeping an audience of "Confirmation Bias" and "Bias Confirmation" .... Fools interested in their daily masturbation of Fox News or Rush Explosions of Macho Cowboyness.
I hope that Intelligent People realize how foolish is to believe that a nation with so many resources of Honesty and Integrity as Mexico can fall pray to a few scoundrels.
If Colombia survived and defeated the Narcos and the Guerrillas ( in a 90% ) then why not Mexico ??
The Narcos that survive in Colombia are small operations, or jungle operations.
And the Media Masturbators are a bunch of undercover hypocrite racists.
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Vicente Duque