On the recordAugust 2, 2001
On October 12, 2000, 10 men, including five Americans, were abducted from an Ecuadorean oil field. On January 31, 2001, Ron Sander of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, was brutally murdered by his captors. The hostages spent 141 days in captivity and endured malnutrition, isolation, and physical and mental abuse. On June 23, 2001, Colombian National Police General Jose Leonardo Gallego's anti-kidnapping unit, working with the U.S. authorities, arrested 59 people, including eight men accused of abducting the 10 oil field workers in Ecuador. We thank General Gallego for his good work in bringing these criminals to justice. Please join me in supporting this resolution expressing condolences to the family of Ron Sander and welcoming the release of the American captives back home.
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