The fate of four Israelis and four other foreigners abducted near Colombia’s Lost City is unknown, Israeli government sources said. Colombian intelligence services, citing intercepted communications by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, said the eight trekkers are alive, but the group has denied even holding them.
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