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Liputan6.com, Bogota: Colombian military successfully rescued three members of the police officers taken captive by the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC for 12 years in the southeast of the Amazon jungle, on Sunday (13 / 4). Thus the statement by President Alvaro Uribe in Colombia's capital Bogota.

At a press conference, President Uribe congratulated the army who saved General of Police Luis Mendieta and two other policemen. President Uribe said General Mendieta and a police colonel was kidnapped by rebel forces since November 1998 earlier. However, Uibe said adding, the condition of prisoners in good condition and moved to a safer place.

Credible sources say over the last few years the government operations in order to weaken the incentive to do guerrilla movement, and the military promised to continue to improve the attack after successfully carrying out this rescue operation. (NHK / Job)