BOGOT脕, Colombia (AP) 鈥� Colombian Defense Minister Pedro S谩nchez announced Saturday that 29 law enforcement officers recently kidnapped in the country鈥檚 southwest region have been freed.
The 28 police officers and one soldier had been kidnapped Thursday during a violent attack in the El Plateado region.
S谩nchez thanked a local community for acting as mediators and pushing for the group's release.
The attack was blamed on supporters of the armed group known as Carlos Pati帽o, whose members are dissidents of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia who did not subscribe to a 2016 peace deal with the government.
鈥淛ustice will do its thing,鈥� he wrote on the social media platform X.
S谩nchez had told W radio earlier that those kidnapped were in good physical condition, were being fed and could move within a confined space.
The Associated Press
