# French legionnaire escapes Colombian captors after four-day trek to freedom

https://mins.news/en/item/49458

- France 24, 2026-09-08 09:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260908-french-legionnaire-escapes-colombian-captors-makes-four-day-trek-to-freedom

> Jose Olger Melo Charry, a Colombian soldier serving in the French Foreign Legion, escaped guerrilla captors after walking for four days through rebel-held territory. A dissident faction of the defunct FARC took him hostage on August 6 while he was travelling along a highway in southwestern Colombia.

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