Ecuador's president says kidnapped journalists likely killed

http://www.stltoday.com/news/world/ecuador-s-president-says-kidnapped-journalists-likely-killed/article_bff4fde4-0afa-5ebb-a0d2-0120afb0659a.html


QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said it was highly likely that three press workers kidnapped along the conflictive border with Colombia were killed and gave their drug-running captors 12 hours to demonstrate otherwise before launching a major military strike against them.

Moreno's threat of military action late Thursday came hours after a Colombian TV network said it had received gruesome photos purporting to show the bodies of the three men.

While forensic experts are still studying the photos, Moreno said there was an "enormous possibility" they are authentic.
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The three employees of El Comercio newspaper were taken hostage three weeks ago by a holdout faction of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia while investigating a rise in drug-fueled violence along Ecuador's northern border.


This is the group former corrupt chavista loving president Correa protected and gave refuge in Ecuador.