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BOGOTÁ — Colombia’s main rebel group killed four of its longest-held captives, apparently during combat Saturday between soldiers and guerrillas, the government said. A fifth captive fled into the jungle and survived.
President Juan Manuel Santos called the killing of a soldier and three police officers “a crime against humanity” and dismissed any suggestions that Colombia’s armed forces might be responsible. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon initially announced the deaths, then said hours later that the fifth rebel prisoner, police Sgt. Luis Alberto Erazo, had survived. Erazo, 48, had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for nearly 12 years.
