UNITED STATES: FAMILY OF ONE OF THREE U.S. SOLDIERS BEING HELD IN YUGOSLAVIA EXPRESS THEIR DELIGHT FOLLOWING NEWS THEIR RELEASE

Record ID: 338449

  • Title: UNITED STATES: FAMILY OF ONE OF THREE U.S. SOLDIERS BEING HELD IN YUGOSLAVIA EXPRESS THEIR DELIGHT FOLLOWING NEWS THEIR RELEASE
  • Date: 2nd May 1999
  • Summary: BALDWIN PARK, LOS ANGELES, USA (MAY 2, 1999) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) 1. SLV EXTERIORS OF THE RAMIREZ FAMILY HOUSE 0.05 2. PAN/MV MEDIA OUTSIDE HOUSE (2 SHOTS) 0.21 3. VARIOUS VIVIAN RAMIREZ MOTHER, MOTHER OF ANDREW RAMIREZ AND HIS STEP FATHER MR CASTRO COMING OUT / (SOUNDBITE) (English) VIVIAN RAMIREZ: "He is free, he is free, he is
  • Embargoed: 17th May 1999 13:00
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  • Location: BALDWIN PARK, LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES
  • City:
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA2YPAMAMS94JJG3KYKF9K9UF6C
  • Story Text: Family members of the three United States soldiers
    being held in Yugoslavia have expressed their delight
    following news that their loved ones had been released.

    Family and friends of Staff Sergeant Andrew Ramirez
    gathered at his parents' Los Angeles home on Sunday (May 2)
    showed their relief and happiness that Ramirez along with two
    other United States soldiers were coming home after a month in
    captivity in Belgrade.

    The Rev.Jesse Jackson won the release of the three
    soldiers when President Slobodan Milosevic agreed to hand them
    over without conditions.Viviana Ramirez thanked the civil
    rights leader a "lifesaver" and "hero".

    The three soldiers captured by the Yugoslav army last
    month were formally released and handed to civil rights leader
    Rev.Jesse Jackson on Sunday.They then travelled with Jackson
    by road to the border with Croatia.

    They were to be flown to a U.S.base in Germany where they
    would be reunited with their families.


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