Kidnapped Australian, British tourists rescued in Ecuador
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Buy SPH photosQUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - Ecuadoran authorities said Saturday they had rescued two women tourists, one from Britain and another from Australia, who were kidnapped a day earlier near the Colombian border.
Police and armed forces staff “located and rescued the two girls, Australian and English, kidnapped in Cuyabeno,” Interior Minister Jose Serrano said on Twitter.
Kidnappings are common among Colombian crime gangs.
The women, who were not immediately identified, were abducted while visiting the Cuyabeno nature reserve in the Tarapoa region, in Sucumbios province, officials said.
