Freed hostages celebrate, fly to Edmonton today Final Edition 1

Seven Edmonton-area hostages freed from the Ecuador jungle this weekend will fly home today after recuperating yesterday at a luxurious five-star hotel in Quito. The workers for Edmonton-based United Pipeline Systems were transferred yesterday to the Swissotel in Quito, where they rested and met wit...

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Published inThe Ottawa citizen (1986)
Main Author Shawn Ohler and Vicki Hall
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ottawa, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 21.12.1999
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EDMONTON
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Summary:Seven Edmonton-area hostages freed from the Ecuador jungle this weekend will fly home today after recuperating yesterday at a luxurious five-star hotel in Quito. The workers for Edmonton-based United Pipeline Systems were transferred yesterday to the Swissotel in Quito, where they rested and met with company officials, answered police questions and underwent medical tests. They are expected to arrive in Edmonton this afternoon after their chartered jet drops the American off near his Navajo Indian reservation in Utah. Black & White Photo: CBC-TV / Pipeline workers held captive in the jungles of Ecuador for three months are shown in this frame from television following their release. ; Black & White Photo: Guillermo Granja, Reuters / Canadian ambassador [John Kneale] said in Quito yesterday that governments must plan for the next hostage-taking before it happens. ;
ISSN:0839-3222