Colombian Marxist rebels have freed a soldier captured a month ago, in what they called a peace gesture aimed at paving the way toward a possible exchange of about 70 hostages for jailed guerrillas.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said in an e-mail that they had released Duverney Orozco, captured during an assault on the jungle village of Teteye on June 25, when rebels killed 25 soldiers. The army confirmed his release.
