At the time, officials said two Colombians, two Peruvians and a Canadian had been taken.

BBC: Colombia ELN kidnap victims are German pensioners

Five American soldiers and two Colombians were killed after a United States military plane on an anti-drugs reconnaissance flight crashed in a remote part of Colombia .

ECONOMIST: Going ballistic

One of every two displaced Colombians is unemployed and a similar number live in makeshift homes made of cloth, cardboard or wood, says the Office of the U.N.

CNN: Guerrilla war displaces millions of Colombians