Bogotá, Colombia, Dec 7, 2011 / 12:15 pm
Thousands of Colombians in cities across the country demanded the release of those still kidnapped by a local revolutionary group who recently killed four hostages.
“The ideal would be that there be no bloodshed or deaths, that our kidnapped loved ones be returned, that there be no more kidnappings,” said Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba Villota, spokesman for the Colombian bishops' conference.
In the capital city of Bogota on Dec. 5, crowds gathered in Bolivar Square downtown in a rally calling for the release of all those held by the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia.
Hundreds of Colombians around the world also voiced their solidarity with the country in marches held in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Argentina, Ireland and Spain.