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Sunday, March 28, 2010 Post By: a_love_zz

Colombian rebels free captive soldier (AP)

Colombian soldier Josue Daniel Calvo (C) walks next to relatives after landing at Villavicencio airport March 28, 2010. Colombian rebels released the kidnapped soldier to a humanitarian mission in the remote southern jungle, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday. In the first of two planned handovers, guerrillas freed Calvo, a soldier held for nearly a year since he was wounded in combat and captured by the FARC, Latin America's longest-running insurgency.   REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)AP - Colombian rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in their first release of a captive in more than a year. The insurgents are promising to soon free a second soldier they've held for far longer.


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