VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA: THE BULLET-RIDDLED BODIES OF THREE UNITED STATES CITIZENS ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED BY MARXIST TEBELS DISCOVERED NEAR BORDER WITH COLOMBIA

Record ID: 980547

  • Title: VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA: THE BULLET-RIDDLED BODIES OF THREE UNITED STATES CITIZENS ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED BY MARXIST TEBELS DISCOVERED NEAR BORDER WITH COLOMBIA
  • Date: 6th March 1999
  • Summary: SAN CRISTOBAL, VENEZUELA (MARCH 05, 1999) (RCN NO ACCESS COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA) 1. SV POLICE CARAVAN ESCORTING VEHICLE TRANSPORTING THE BODIES OF THE THREE AMERICANS 0.06 2. SV AUTHORITIES UNLOAD FIRST COVERED BODY OF AMERICAN AND TAKES IT INSIDE THE MORGUE (2 SHOTS) 0.24 3. SV AUTHORITIES UNLOAD SECOND BODY FROM TRUCK (2 SHOTS) 0.38 4. SV INTERIOR OF MORGUE 0.56 5. SV AUTHORITIES UNLOADING THIRD BODY FROM TRUCK, TAKES IT INSIDE MORGUE (2 SHOTS) 1.19 BOGOTA, COLOMBIA. (MARCH 05, 1999) (RCN--NO ACCESS COLOMBIA) 6. MCU (SPANISH) COLOMBIAN ARMY COMMANDER GEN. JORGE ENRIQUE MORA RANGEL SAYING "The information we are receiving from our people in that area is that they (the U.S. citizens) were found bullet-riddled and tied up, the victims also have signs of trauma to the head, and obviously this was a horrific crime that the country has to denounce." 1.34 7. SV MORA RANGEL BOARDING VEHICLE 1.39 8. SV/MCU INTERIOR OF U'WA INDIAN HEADQUARTERS, SENATOR JOSE PINA CONSOLING MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE WHO KNEW AND WORKED WITH THE VICTIMS (3 SHOTS) 1.49 9. MCU (SPANISH) PINA SAYING "We are calling on all of Colombia's indigenous groups to reject all of those who use weapons to bring about change because all they end up doing is killing people." 2.04 10. MCU/CU EMPLOYEES OF HEADQUARTERS CRYING (2 SHOTS) 2.11 11. STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE THREE AMERICAN VICTIMS (4 SHOTS) 2.30 (FILE) 12. VIDEO OF TERENCE FREITAS, ONE OF THE VICTIMS 2.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th March 1999 12:00
  • Keywords:
  • Access Restrictions:This media cannot be downloaded as there may be copyright restrictions. Please contact us for more information
  • Location: SAN CRISTOBAL, VENEZUELA AND BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
  • City:
  • Country: Venezuela Colombia
  • Reuters ID: LVA7T5QO4NV13C17XU14UY3MFMEY
  • Story Text:
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS - SOURCE TO BE VERIFIED
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2014. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register