Kidnapped Japanese said moved to southern Colombia

Kidnapped Japanese said moved to southern Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia - File photo shows a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia near Chuscales in Cundinamarca Province, northeast of Bogota, where Chikao Muramatsu, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto parts maker Yazaki Corp., had been held after being kidnapped in February. Security authorities said July 25 that Muramatsu may have been moved to Meta Province in southern Colombia.

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