Fun facts for Colombia Travelers

[Cali vet]

These figures are for January  through October 2001:

Total kidnappings, all sources: 1063
Foreigners: 32      

            German    5          
            Mexican   5                              
            Korean    3
2 each: Ecuadoran, Japones, American, Peruvian, Venezuelan
1 each: Colombo/Spaniard, Cuban, Danish, Slovac, Dutch, Lebanese,   Russian, Taiwanese

(I met the Dutchman a week before he was kidnapped near Popoyan)   Imagine one of the two Americans was “strikingviking” who was just released.

Antioquia (Medellin) had the most: 488
Valle de Cauca (Cali) had 143
Bogota had 34
Atlantico (Barranquilla) had 14
There were none reported for Amazonas (Leticia, as far as you can get from Colombia and still be in it).

Cuidado hombres

[Patrick]

... in response to Fun facts for Colombia Travelers, posted by Cali vet on Dec 13, 2001

With the exception of Bogota, I believe everything was broken down by state.  I would assume the cities themselves (Cali, Medellin, etc.) would have a lower incidence of kidnappings than the rural areas.  Do you have any additional information?  Perhaps a link to the source?

Thanks,  Patrick

[Cali vet]

... in response to Most of those locations are states, posted by Patrick on Dec 14, 2001

The nationalities of the kidnapped are published on page 30 of edition #1,018 of Semana Magazine citing Fondelibertad as the source.

[Cali vet]

... in response to Most of those locations are states, posted by Patrick on Dec 14, 2001

The source is www.antisecuestro.gov.co. Go to statistics. Figures are given for all departments where there were kidnappings. Incidents by city are given for some but not all departments. Cali for example had 81 kidnappings so far this year. Atlantco is not broken down by city so there aren't specific figures for Barranquilla. Kidnapped persons are even identified by profession including "foreigner".