Showing posts with label pablo moncayo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pablo moncayo. Show all posts

Monday, April 12, 2010

Twelve years a hostage and Moncayo clearly kept his sanity


from Colombia Reports:
Moncayo: To thank Uribe would make me a hypocrite

Former FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo said at a press conference Monday that he snubbed Colombian President Alvaro Uribe following his release because to thank the president would have made him "a hypocrite."

Moncayo explained that he thanked the presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela, and Brazil, but not Uribe, because "I would have been a hypocrite if I had thanked him," after, in a proof-of-life video made during his captivity, Moncayo aggressively pounded the table and demanded that Uribe "open the door" for his liberation.

Moncayo made his explanation at a joint press conference with former FARC hostage Josue Daniel Calvo, which was called to reveal new details about the two Colombians' time in captivity.

Moncayo revealed that despite his twelve years as a FARC hostage, he still plans to remain in the Colombian military, saying that he wears the Colombian military uniform "with pride."

Calvo also told the press that he is planning to return to military service.

Moncayo also revealed that CONTINUES HERE

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Pablo Moncayo freed

The world's longest surviving hostage has been freed. In Colombia a couple of hours ago Pablo Moncayo was handed over by the FARC terrorist scum and is now on his way home after spending over 12 years in captivity.


Good.

UPDATE: Wow...I have a lump in my throat after watching this: