Incident Date:
July 19, 1997
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: El Bagre Colombia
Perpetrators: National Liberation Army (ELN)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Mining)
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/19/1997: Two individuals working for a U.S. mining company in El Bagre, including one Canadian, were kidnapped by the National Liberation Army (ELN). The Canadian is assumed to have been working on the release of the U.S. employee being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). "
References: 1) RAND
Attached Files: