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July 5 (UPI) – The remains of an Ecuadorian couple missing for nearly three months were identified after they were found at the country's border with Colombia, according to the authorities.
The discovery partly solves the disappearances of Oscar Villacis, 24, and Katty Velasco, 20, who were last seen on April 16.
The Colombian National Communications Secretariat sent a statement of sympathy to the couple's family and friends
He said that the couple had been kidnapped by the Front Oliver Sinisterra, a group operating along the border between Colombia and Ecuador and led by Guacho, "Walter Patricio Artizala Vernaza.
A few days later, the Ecuadorian government released a video showing the couple with ropes around their necks.
The discovery of this week brings the number of bodies recently found in rural areas.On June 21, bodies of three employees of the newspaper El Comercio, Ecuador, were found in the same region, one of the regions most affected by conflicts in Colombia, because of illegal armed groups and domination of production
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