Oscar Tulio Lizcano
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Oscar Tulio Lizcano (born 1947) is a Colombian conservative politician and a member of the Colombia Conservative Party. He was congressman for the Department of Caldas, a position now taken by his son.[1] He was kidnapped in Riosucio, Caldas by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group on August 5, 2000 and was later declared an "exchangeable prisoner" by this group that intends to exchange hostages for prisoners with the government of Colombia.[2]
Lizcano is one of the approximately 44 people kidnapped by the FARC to exchange for the approximately 500 imprisoned guerrilla members. The exchange has been dubbed the "Humanitarian exchange" (Spanish: El intercambio humanitario). According to correspondence sent by Lizcano he has been moved constantly through different guerrilla camps in the Caldas countryside and is suffering from malaria.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Colombia quiere la ayuda de Sarkozy
- ^ La Voces del Secuestro: Oscar Tulio Lizcano lasvocesdelsecuestro.com Accessed 07 September 2007.
- ^ Educaweb: Oscar Tulio Lizcano educaweb.org Accessed 07 September 2007.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) El Colombiano: Letters of Oscar Tulio Lizcano
- (Spanish) Ministry of Justice: Sentence T-307/02
- HRW: letter of Jose Miguel Vivanco to FARC regarding Oscar Tulio Lizcano
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