Overview
- Police say two women approached the 19-year-old in Parque Lleras and lured him to a building in Prado Centro where a group robbed and detained him.
- The kidnappers held the tourist for at least 36 hours and took belongings valued at more than €2,000, according to authorities.
- Relatives in Germany received a €5,000 ransom demand and paid €3,000 before a second €5,000 demand was sent to the embassy.
- The embassy alerted Colombia’s Gaula anti-kidnapping unit, which located the site and led a plainclothes raid that freed the victim; he was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
- Police arrested two women, three men, and a 14-year-old suspect, and prosecutors are pursuing charges including aggravated kidnapping for extortion and aggravated theft as the investigation continues.