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Jesse Jackson accepts role in Colombia hostage release
Source: Reuters
Jesse Jackson accepts role in Colombia hostage release
By Carlos Vargas
BOGOTA | Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson accepted a request on Saturday by Colombia's FARC rebels to oversee the release of a former U.S. Marine they kidnapped in June while he trekked through a known guerrilla zone despite warnings of the risks.
Jackson, speaking in Havana where he met on Friday night with Colombian rebel commanders who are in Cuba for peace talks with the Bogota government, said he hoped to arrive in Colombia within a week to facilitate the release of Kevin Scott Sutay.
"We accept this obligation and opportunity to render service to Kevin Scott, his family and our nation," Jackson said. "We have made contact with the State Department urging them to contact as quickly as possible the nearest of kin of Kevin Scott because his release is imminent."
Jackson is on a private visit to communist-run Cuba that is being hosted by the Council of Churches.
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By Carlos Vargas
BOGOTA | Sat Sep 28, 2013 5:23pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson accepted a request on Saturday by Colombia's FARC rebels to oversee the release of a former U.S. Marine they kidnapped in June while he trekked through a known guerrilla zone despite warnings of the risks.
Jackson, speaking in Havana where he met on Friday night with Colombian rebel commanders who are in Cuba for peace talks with the Bogota government, said he hoped to arrive in Colombia within a week to facilitate the release of Kevin Scott Sutay.
"We accept this obligation and opportunity to render service to Kevin Scott, his family and our nation," Jackson said. "We have made contact with the State Department urging them to contact as quickly as possible the nearest of kin of Kevin Scott because his release is imminent."
Jackson is on a private visit to communist-run Cuba that is being hosted by the Council of Churches.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/28/us-colombia-rebels-jackson-idUSBRE98R0E720130928
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