A Briton kidnapped in Colombia along with four Israelis, a Spaniard and a German escaped. Matthew Scott, 19, told reporters on Wednesday he threw himself off a cliff to get away from his captors near the remote “Lost City” jungle. The fate of the captive Israelis remains unknown.
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