FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

FARC leader admits guerrillas holding Japanese hostage

LOS POZOS, Colombia - A female member of the the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) checks a car at an entrance to the FARC-controlled area on Aug. 13. The leftist guerrilla group leader, who asked for anonymity, said in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News that FARC is holding Chikao Muramatsu, 52, vice president of a local joint venture of Japanese auto-parts maker Yazaki Corp., who was kidnapped in February.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001085637
  • Registered date
  • 2001/8/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2001 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.31(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Kyodo News obtains photos of FARC camp after gov't raid

    Kyodo News obtains photos of FARC camp after gov't raid

    MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Colombian soldiers are seen in photo obtained by Kyodo News investigating a camp believed to be the site where the leftist guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were holding captive Chikao Muramatsu, a Japanese company executive. The camp is about 40 minutes by helicopter from San Jose del Guaviare, which is located some 280 kilometers southeast of the Colombian capital Bogota.
      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.