Canadian Kidnapped

jonny305 says on Jun 27, 2008, 20:40:

he was going to cali for a business deal he traveled from medellin
2 people were kidnapped the other being a colombian

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miamimike says on Jun 28, 2008, 00:51:

How Is This Possible in the New&Improved Colombia of 2008?????

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.

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mimimimimi says on Jun 28, 2008, 04:38:

and that people asks why the fuck I avoid going to colombia and taking my family there...

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Atrevido says on Jun 28, 2008, 04:54:

Story is in today´s El Pais:

http://www.elpais.com.co/paisonline/notas/Junio282008/valle1.html

Seems likely it wasn´t just a lucky shot for the FARC. The Colombian is a cattle rancher with a finca in the area and a likely target. Might of just been very bad luck for his Canadian brother in law. The out skirts of Tuluá towards the Cordillera Central appear to be under fairly constant threat.

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mimimimimi says on Jun 28, 2008, 05:04:

hah and theres another crazy news about kidnappings this year...


AUSSIE MODEL KIDNAPPED IN SANTA MARTA

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/kidnapped-aussie-rescued-in-colombia/...


NORWEGIAN -COLOMBIAN KIDNAPPED

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7188509.stm

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2197565.ece

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papiChulo says on Jun 28, 2008, 10:42:

I like this... Ice the karate kid gets knife hekl to his throat in Bogota, open season on aussie's, canucks and euros... could this scare hordes of gringos from even thinking of going to Colombia?

its a nice dream... :)

I'm not greedy I just want a lot.

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Catfish35 says on Jun 28, 2008, 15:08:

Hmmmmm..Lets see..Canadian, cattle rancher, land owner, only thig better would be if he was French Canadian

"So many guns, and so few brains". sam spade

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romy says on Jun 28, 2008, 15:59:

cattle rancher? nobody's heard of this guy... must be as much of a cattle rancher as some people I know that own 10 heads and consider themselves cattle ranchers or have a couple of citric trees and then they're also farmers...
the Canadian doesn't sound like much of a big deal either.

....so this FARC 'targetting' seems like quite the reach, unless if it's one of the quick cash deals that the FARC is only trying to get a few million COPs

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deathnova says on Jun 28, 2008, 18:56:

wth. My fiancee took me to Tulua because she swore it was much safer than Pereira.

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deathnova says on Jun 28, 2008, 19:04:

Well I thought it was too, not a single person there seemed the least bit concerned that I was clearly a gringo and many seemed quite excited to meet me.

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Atrevido says on Jun 29, 2008, 05:22:

Tulua is fine. It´s the villages to the east up in the Cordillera Central that are dicey.

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lampltr says on Jun 30, 2008, 08:12:

deathnova, that was funny....Believe your fiancee needed some xtra cash....just kidding, sure she had your best interest at hand. Myself & my wife was to visit our family finca from a distance in P.Tejada...but was forewarned by un-named sources to avoid the area, but will try to make the attempt again soon.

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alex rios says on Jun 30, 2008, 14:11:

It is a shame, in a country like ours you have to excercise caution. I feeel bad for these people and their families, this should not be happenning anywhere in the world, but the world kinda sucks, please take good care of yourselves when you are out there on Colombia´s roads not everyone is as friendly or well intentioned as they look!

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Titofijo says on Jun 30, 2008, 17:27:

Can't blame anyone but yourselves

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