Arrest made for abduction, deaths of 3 Ecuador press workers

Arrest made for abduction, deaths of 3 Ecuador press workers | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this June 29, 2018 file photo, relatives and friends attend the funeral service of journalist Javier Ortega, photojournalist Paul Rivas and their driver Efrain Segarra, kidnapped and later killed by a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia while they were reporting in a dangerous border region in Quito, Ecuador. Authorities in Colombia have arrested an additional person, Gustavo Angulo Arboleda, known by his alias "Cherry," for their kidnapping. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

BOGOTA – Authorities in Colombia have arrested an additional person for the kidnapping of three Ecuadorean press workers who investigators say were killed by a dissident band of leftist rebels.

Police announced the capture of Gustavo Angulo Arboleda on Wednesday and said he was responsible for stopping the vehicle carrying a reporter and photographer along with their driver.

The suspect is known by his alias “Cherry” and is considered a confidante of Walter Arizala, the leader of a group of guerrillas.

Officials say Arizala’s group is also responsible for the recent killing of three Colombian judicial investigators along the tumultuous southern border with Ecuador.

Investigators believe the El Comercio workers were kidnapped in Ecuador and transported by rebels into Colombia.

Colombian authorities have made several arrests, but Arizala himself remains at large.

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