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Swedish hostage freed in Colombia | Swedish hostage freed in Colombia |
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Colombia's main leftist rebel group, the Farc, has freed its last known foreign hostage, a Swedish man abducted two years ago, Colombian officials say. | |
Ronald Larson, 69, was handed over to detectives on Tuesday and is in poor health, the state security agency said. | |
Mr Larson, a retired engineer, was abducted in May 2007. | |
Although he was thought to be the last foreigner held by Farc, the group, Colombia's largest rebel group, still holds hundreds of other hostages. | |
It is not known whether a ransom was paid to secure the release, and officials gave few details of his release. | |
The Efe news agency reported that he was freed in a rural area of the department of Cordoba, north-west of Colombia's capital, Bogota. | |
Reports suggested Mr Larson was in poor health on his release and was taken to hospital for treatment. |