22 abducted oil workers freed in Colombia

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110308/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_kidnapped_workers


BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian authorities say suspected leftist rebels have released 22 of 23 Colombian contractors abducted while doing exploratory work in a remote jungle region for the Canadian oil company Talisman.

Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera says one contractor remains captive.

He told reporters the men were freed early Tuesday. He says that their captors were unable to evade troops sent to rescue the contractors after their abduction Monday in the eastern province of Vichada.

The men were looking for crude in Cumaribo region.