哥倫比亞將軍被綁架政府取消和談
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has suspended peace talks with the country's largest rebel group after a general and two other people were kidnapped Sunday.
General Ruben Alzate was seized after arriving by boat in a rural part of western Colombia to inspect a civilian energy project. Another military official and a civilian lawyer were also abducted. A soldier piloting the boat managed to escape and inform authorities.
The general reportedly broke protocol by traveling to the area in a civilian capacity and without bodyguards.
Negotiators for the Colombian government were preparing to fly to Havana, Cuba Monday to take part in a new round of negotiations with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, but Mr. Santos canceled the trip hours after the kidnappings. The slow-moving negotiations have gone on for two years.
Mr. Santos said troops have been sent into the area to search for the hostages, and he has contacted the International Red Cross to help secure their release.哥倫比亞總統桑托斯在一名將軍和另外兩人星期天被綁架之後中斷了與該國最大一支反政府武裝的和談。
阿爾扎特將軍乘船抵達西部農村、視察民用能源項目時被綁架。同行的一名軍官和一名律師也被綁架。開船的軍人逃脫後向當局報告。
阿爾扎特這次外出處理非軍隊事務，而且沒帶保鏢，違反了平日的規定。
哥倫比亞政府談判代表原來準備星期一飛往古巴的哈瓦那，與哥倫比亞革命武裝力量舉行新一輪談判。但是桑托斯總統在綁架人質事件發生幾個小時之後取消了談判。之前雙方已經進行了兩年的談判，但進展緩慢。
桑托斯說，已派軍隊前往出事地點搜索人質，並且已與國際紅十字會聯繫，尋求幫助解救人質。
