http://www.elespectador.com/elespectador/Secciones/Detalles.aspx?idNoticia=19828&idSeccion=18
Everything ready to Retrieve Hostages
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Colombian government authorized Venezuela to send a Falcon aircraft carrying the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Ramón Rodríguez Chacín--the coordinator of the operation--into Colombia.
Venezuela also requested permission to send two Bell helicopters.
The Commissioner of Peace, Luis Carlos Restrepo, said Rodríguez will have an open route into Colombia to oversee the release of the hostages and that the Uribe administration will guarantee the security of the drop-off zone.
Restrepo claims the Venezuelan statesman will be the one receiving the coordinates sent by FARC [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]. Rodríguez will then send them to the International Red Cross Committee (CIRC), thus initiating the Colombian operation to retrieve the hostages.
Restrepo clarified that the coordinates will not be revealed to the Colombian government, as they will be used exclusively for the humanitarian operation.
Initially, two helicopters were going to retrieve the hostages and return them to Villavicencio [Colombia]. However, the International Red Cross Committee and the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior will decide if the hostages will be carried into Venezuelan territory to secure their freedom.
Restrepo claims the Colombian government has not yet set terms for carrying out the operation, even when the 72-hour permissions have been issued for the Venezuelan airships. “This permission does not limit the operation,” he claimed.
Picture: Chávez and the Ex-Kirchner. Buddy buddies?
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