# French legionnaire escapes Colombian captors after four-day trek

https://mins.news/en/video/49465

- France 24 English, 2026-09-08 09:34 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7TAu3J_08

> A Colombian soldier serving in the French Foreign Legion escaped guerrillas who had held him hostage after walking for four days through rebel-held territory. Jose Olger Melo Charry was abducted on August 6 while travelling along a highway in southwest Colombia by a dissident faction of the defunct FARC guerrilla group.

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