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Rebels free canadian hostage in Colombia: ICRC

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Colombia`s ELN rebels have freed a Canadian engineer after holding him for more than seven months, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Tuesday.

The relief agency said in a statement that Jernoc Wobert had boarded an ICRC helicopter in good health and was being flown to safety.

It said he was handed over by the ELN in a rural area in southern Bolivar department.

The ICRC will turn Wobert over to Colombian authorities and representatives of the Canadian Embassy upon landing in the city of Barrancabermeja, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of the capital Bogota.

The ELN had announced earlier Tuesday that it would release the 47-year-old, who works for the Braeval Mining Corporation.

He was captured by guerrillas in northern Colombia on January 18 along with two Peruvians and three Colombians employed by the Toronto-based mining company.

The South Americans were freed a month later, but the National Liberation Army, or ELN, hung on to Wobert, demanding that the company give up its mining rights.

Top ELN commander Nicolas Rodriguez, also known as Gabino, said in comments on the group`s website ahead of the release that it was a "humanitarian act" that he hoped would be seen as a "contribution for peace in Colombia."

"We want to highlight that this successful outcome shows that negotiated solutions to conflicts are possible, even if there are competing interests," Rodriguez said.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said last week that Wobert`s release would be a step in the right direction to starting talks between Bogota and the ELN, which has some 2,500 fighters.

Since November, the Santos government has been engaged in talks with the country`s largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The talks have taken place in Cuba.

Before the negotiations started, the FARC renounced kidnappings and freed its last hostages in April of last year.

Source: ANTARA

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