The family members of an Ecuadorian couple hope that the bodies found are not theirs

The Ecuadorian Ana Velasco, sister of Katty Velasco, who was kidnapped with Oscar Villacís during his move to the border area in April, said Wednesday that will visit Colombia with the hope that the body found does not match that of his parent

This was declared shortly before going to Pasto to participate, with d & # 39; other relatives, in the process of checking corpses found in the area of ​​Tumaco, in southwestern Colombia.

"We travel with the hope that it is not my sister," said Ana, 26, who arrives in the country with two of her sisters and mother

insist on the fact that the authorities badured them that there is "nothing confirmed" concerning the bodies found.

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Before leaving on a military plane During the first hour, the relatives met the vice-president from Ecuador, María Alejandra Vicuña, at Tababela airport, which expressed the support of the government of Lenin Moreno.

"This morning, I had the opportunity to express solidarity on behalf of the Government and the Ecuadorian people to the families of Óscar and Katty.We will not allow that these events are repeated in our country, "said the vice president after the meeting.

In a Twitter message, he reiterated the commitment of the Ecuadorian government to work "to provide more security on the northern border." From the neighboring country, the director of the Institute of Medicine legal, Carlos Valdes, said that in 72 hours, the results of autopsies performed on both bodies would be taken, while an army source of Ecuadorian air confirmed Efe. The return of the plane is scheduled for Saturday

Tuesday, the Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Valencia, said that there was a "high probability" that the corpses found correspond to those of the couple. Ecuadorians kidnapped in April

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"There is a high probability, a high probability, that they belong to the Ecuadorians, "said Valencia at a press conference at the Ministry of Justice in Quito, which also included the minister of this portfolio, Rosana Alvarado.

The discovery of corpses in the Tumaco area, The Colombian city north of the border with Ecuador, was greeted after receiving Valencia, early Tuesday, a notification from his Colombian colleague María Ángela Holguín.

The Minister of Justice stated that until all the verifications on the identity of the bodies found, one can not confirm whether they belong to the two Ecuadorians or not.

He also revealed that the Ecuadorian prosecutor following the case, Wilson Toainga, had already traveled to support the investigation process on the bodies.

Ecuadorian authorities reported on 19 April that Katty Vanesa Velasco Pinargote and Oscar Efrén Villacís Gómez had been kidnapped by a group. illegal badembly related to drug trafficking, and led by a subject known as Guacho, a dissident of the Farc.

Since then we do not know where the couple is.

Last Friday, during the mbad of the current body before the funeral in Quito of the journalistic team of the newspaper El Comercio, Ana Velasco complained that the Ecuadorian authorities had not given them an answer on the fate of their loved ones.

information, the parents of the couple were supported by those of the three members of the press team.