captors asked for $700,000 thousand dollars for his release

The man identified as José Luis Hernández Ortiz, had been kidnapped on June 4 in the municipality of Villa del Rosariowhen he was intercepted by armed men, taking him to an unknown direction.

“The rescue operation was carried out through investigative actions, by uniformed members of the Gaula, Army and units of the CTI Technical Investigation Corps of the Prosecutor’s Office; which made it possible to establish the exact location of the place where the kidnappers were holding Hernández Ortiz captive.“said the Cúcuta Police.

According to the institution, during the procedure, four people were captured in flagrante delicto, who were guarding the victim, who demanded the sum of $700,000 thousand dollars for his release.

In the operation, three cell phones were also seized, used to record the video that they sent as proof of survival and to make financial demands on the kidnapped family.

The colonel William Quintero Salazar, commander of the Cúcuta Metropolitan Police, He noted that the rescue occurred in the early hours of this Thursday.

“This man had arrived in Cúcuta to carry out some commercial transactions,” the officer said.

In a video released by authorities, The victim thanked the authorities for the rescue and stressed that he is originally from Mexiconaturalized Spanish, but had already been residing in Colombia for months.