Colombia rebels free oil workers
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Eleven oil workers held hostage by rebels in Colombia since late February are tasting freedom once more after their release.
They were seized by ELN guerrillas as they travelled by bus to a pipeline.
SOUNDBITE: Edgar Rojas, released oil worker, saying (Spanish):
"They treated us well but they made us walk night and day and we were blindfolded. They removed the blindfolds only when we were going to eat. We didn't see them. Only one or two spoke to us. They were the ones who gave us food, and after that we were blindfolded again."
The kidnapping was the latest in a series of such incidents threatening to damage Colombia's oil industry.
Dozens of oil sector workers have been kidnapped since the start of 2011.
Most were abducted by ELN or FARC rebels and later released.
Paul Chapman, Reuters
Eleven oil workers held hostage by rebels in Colombia since late February are tasting freedom once more after their release.
They were seized by ELN guerrillas as they travelled by bus to a pipeline.
SOUNDBITE: Edgar Rojas, released oil worker, saying (Spanish):
"They treated us well but they made us walk night and day and we were blindfolded. They removed the blindfolds only when we were going to eat. We didn't see them. Only one or two spoke to us. They were the ones who gave us food, and after that we were blindfolded again."
The kidnapping was the latest in a series of such incidents threatening to damage Colombia's oil industry.
Dozens of oil sector workers have been kidnapped since the start of 2011.
Most were abducted by ELN or FARC rebels and later released.
Paul Chapman, Reuters
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