The condition of the remaining three hostages was not known.
The camera zoomed in for a close look at each passport which indicated three of the hostages were teenagers, 17, 18 and 19-years-old, respectively.
In Tuesday's video, the camera zoomed in for a close look at each passport, which indicated three of the hostages were teenagers -- 17, 18 and 19 years old.
If a vessel attached to one of the three main flotillas believes that pirates have hostages under their control, it is under orders not to launch an attack.
The dead hostages included seven Japanese workers and three energy workers each from the U.S. and Britain.
Speaking to reporters, Pinchao said the three Americans appeared prepared to wait for the government to reach a deal to release FARC hostages in exchange for jailed guerrillas.
The liberation of former Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, along with three Americans and eleven Colombian hostages was not just an exemplary military operation carried out by the Colombian army but was an action that could have far wider implications.
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The Norwegian energy company Statoil says three of its Algerian employees were hostages.
The four released hostages - Mr Lemacon's wife Chloe, their three-year-old son Colin, and two other adults - are due to arrive in Paris on Sunday, he said.
But the real number of U.S. hostages could be as few as three, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
Three more hostages were released and technicians did their best to fix the plane, but they later told journalists it was barely fit to fly.
Four of them are still being held - along with three other French hostages - and it is believed they could be in the north of Mali close to where French troops are battling al-Qaeda-linked militants.
The drama ended on Dec. 31 when New Delhi freed three high-profile guerrillas in exchange for 155 hostages.
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