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Colombian Bishop Freed Unharmed

By Pauline J. Chang, Christian Post Reporter

After three days of being held hostage by a left-wing guerrilla group in Colombia, Roman Catholic bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez was set free without harm, July 28, 2004.

Catholic bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez arrives at a military base in Yopal, in northeast Colombia, after he was released by leftist rebels in the remote mountains near Morcote, some 120 miles northeast of Bogota, Tuesday, July 27, 2004. Guerrillas of the Na
Catholic bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez arrives at a military base in Yopal, in northeast Colombia, after he was released by leftist rebels in the remote mountains near Morcote, some 120 miles northeast of Bogota, Tuesday, July 27, 2004. Guerrillas of the Na

Members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) abducted Ramirez, two priests and a local mayor earlier this week as part of their ongoing effort to replace the democratic Colombian government with a Marxist one. While the two priests and the mayor was set free the same day, ELN members held Ramirez hostage, saying they will deliver a

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