By Soch Mel
Congressman Oscar Tulio Lizcano escaped his captors after 8 years with help from a former captor. Lizcano was not allowed by his FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) captures to even talk, and so he read Homer's the Odyssey to pass time. Lizcano also suffered from hunger and disease which is shown clearly on his face when he got away from the leftist captors. They have been battling the Colombian government for over 40 years.
For the FARC, they say that kidnapping is a justified military tactic to use against the government. An estimate of about 750 hostages is how many the FARC have under their control. The Colombian government is trying hard to free the rest sending a message on their media saying hold on, hold on.
The Colombian government offers compensations for former captors who betrayed their org if they help set hostages free. The former captor that help the congressman escaped was offered resettlement in France with his family. What's interesting about this is that in Latin America, Kidnapping is not uncommon. This is a serious problem that needs to be address; and what's more interesting is that we talked about this in class once. Is kidnapping a justified method of war?
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