Engineer Diego Lozano, kidnapped in Norte de Santander, is released - Other Cities - Colombia

On January 13, the kidnapping of the Engineer Diego Lozano in the oil well 188 of Shark. That day two armed men, apparently from the Farc dissidents, would have camouflaged themselves in a vehicle that takes food to the well, threatening the driver.

(In context: Engineer was kidnapped at an oil well in Tibú, Norte de Santander)

This Friday, the company Consultec confirmed the release de Lozano: “Diego is doing well and was assessed by Ecopetrol’s medical department, who found him in good condition,” the statement read.

According to the document, the engineer arrived at dawn on February 4, at 1:15 am, at Tibu Ecopetrol Complex in the company of the municipal representative, Ecopetrol officials and a member of the Workers’ Union (USO).

Lozano “will travel in the morning to Cucuta where he will be valued again by the authorities and where his family will receive him,” says the company.

(You can consult: In Tibú, Norte de Santander, they marched to ask for the freedom of Diego Lozano)

Consultec thanked the entities and organizations that made the return of the engineer possible. In their communiqué, they mention the Tibú ombudsman, the USO and the Church, the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), the Ombudsman’s Office, advisors, the companies Ecopetrol, Campetrol and Acipet.

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Image of the liberation of engineer Lozano.

“We call on the entire industry to unite in management and that this does not happen again, we do not want any other engineer, any other family and any other company to go through what we went through in the last 22 days,” says the company.

On the day of the kidnapping, the two men -camouflaged in a vehicle that takes food to the well, threatening the driver- they passed the security that is in the access to the well. They arrived at the place and with firearms they took the engineer Lozano, who was in charge of the Well.

Ecopetrol, as soon as it learned of the fact, rejected the action and indicated that “the worker was removed from his work site by armed men, while he was carrying out work related to the process of abandoning well T 888K. After interrupting his work, he was threatened and forced to board a vehicle, which subsequently took an unknown direction”.

(Keep reading: Arauca: armed men entered the house of a community leader and kidnapped him)

According to the investigations, the action was carried out by individuals who identified themselves as members of the 33rd front of the Farc dissidents. This information is being validated by the authorities.

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