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Farc says it is holding French journalist Romeo Langlois Farc says it is holding French journalist Romeo Langlois
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The Colombian rebel group Farc has said it is holding a French journalist who disappeared a week ago.The Colombian rebel group Farc has said it is holding a French journalist who disappeared a week ago.
The ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said Romeo Langlois had been wearing "military clothing of the regular army" when security forces he was accompanying on a counter-narcotics mission were attacked by Farc fighters.The ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said Romeo Langlois had been wearing "military clothing of the regular army" when security forces he was accompanying on a counter-narcotics mission were attacked by Farc fighters.
Accompanying the military on such missions served the government's propaganda purposes, it said. It was holding Langlois "in the quality of a prisoner of war".Accompanying the military on such missions served the government's propaganda purposes, it said. It was holding Langlois "in the quality of a prisoner of war".
"We think the minimum that can be expected for the recuperation of [Langlois'] full mobility is the opening of a national and international debate over the freedom to inform," Farc said in a statement. "Journalists that Colombia's armed forces take with it on military operations don't adhere to the impartial purpose of informing about reality." "We think the minimum that can be expected for the recuperation of [Langlois's] full mobility is the opening of a national and international debate over the freedom to inform," Farc said in a statement. "Journalists that Colombia's armed forces take with it on military operations don't adhere to the impartial purpose of informing about reality."
Colombia's defence minister has said that during the attack Langlois removed the helmet and flak jacket that the army had provided and identified himself as a civilian. Colombia's defence minister has said that during the attack Langlois removed the helmet and flak jacket the army had provided and identified himself as a civilian.
Farc warned Colombia's military not to try to rescue Langlois, referring to previous instances when it has killed "prisoners" during perceived government rescue attempts.Farc warned Colombia's military not to try to rescue Langlois, referring to previous instances when it has killed "prisoners" during perceived government rescue attempts.
In a video posted online by an independent journalist, Karl Penhaul, on Sunday, a man who identified himself as a rebel squadron leader said Langlois was lightly wounded in an arm but was out of danger. In a video posted online on Sunday by an independent journalist, Karl Penhaul, a man who identified himself as a rebel squadron leader said Langlois was lightly wounded in an arm but was out of danger.
The man said he was from the 15th Front of the Farch and that it captured Langlois in a seven-hour firefight. He said that now that the rebels knew Langlois was a journalist "we hope to quickly overcome this impasse". The man said he was from the 15th Front of the Farc and that it captured Langlois in a seven-hour firefight. He said that now the rebels knew Langlois was a journalist "we hope to quickly overcome this impasse".
Langlois, 35, was on assignment for France 24 television when he went missing. He has also done work for the newspaper Le Figaro, and has been working in Colombia for more than a decade. Langlois, 35, was on assignment for France 24 television when he went missing. He has also worked for the newspaper Le Figaro, and has been in Colombia for more than a decade.