Two more hostages freed in Bogota; hopes raised

By With Analysis from Monitor Correspondents around the world; Edited by Debra K. Piot

April 4, 1980

Bogota, Colombia

Leftist guerrillas holding the Dominican Embassy released two more hostages Thursday, reducing the number of their captives to 25 and raising hopes for progress in a new round of ransom negotiations.

A Foreign Ministry source identified the released hostages as Edgar Hernandez , Colombian undersecretary for foreign policy, and Mario Guzman, a private citizen of the Dominican Republic.