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Tue Aug-18-09 07:00 AM Original message

Colombia hostages' video surfaces

Source: BBC Page last updated at 11:01 GMT, Tuesday, 18 August 2009 12:01 UK Video footage has emerged of a soldier and a police officer who are among a group of 23 hostages held by Colombian guerrillas in secret jungle camps. The videos, whose date could not be verified, were received by a senator who is involved in trying to negotiate the hostages' release. The two men, held since 2007 and 2008, urged people not to forget them and spoke of their hopes of being freed. The rebels want to swap these hostages for jailed members of their group. In the videos, Corporal Salin Antonio Sanmiguel and Police Major Guillermo Javier Solarzano greet their families. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8207033.stm

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