Kidnapped Brit freed in Ecuador

The two female tourists rescued from kidnappers in Ecuador "are in good condition", the country's Interior Minister Jose Serrano has said.

They have been identified as a 23-year-old English woman and a 32-year-old Australian woman, those neither has been named.

Police and armed forces staff "located and rescued the two girls, Australian and English, kidnapped in Cuyabeno," Interior Minister Jose Serrano said on Twitter, AFP has reported.

It is understood the women were abducted while travelling in a canoe during a visit to the Cuyabeno nature reserve in the Tarapoa region of Ecuador.

They apparently were among five foreigners in a group of seven tourists being led by two local Ecuadorian guides.

A British woman has been reportedly freed from her kidnappers in Ecuador.

She and an Australian woman were believed to have been captured by a Colombian group while canoeing during a visit to a nature reserve in the Amazon jungle.

Ecuador's Interior Minister Jose Serrano said the pair were saved by police and armed forces, the BBC has reported.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed it is working with Ecuadorian authorities following reports that a British woman and Australian women have been kidnapped while visiting a remote nature reserve in the Amazon jungle.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are aware of an incident and are working with the Ecuadorian authorities."

The FCO currently advises against all travel to the areas immediately bordering Colombia in Carchi province because of criminal activity and organised crime.

A British woman and an Australian woman have been kidnapped in Ecuador while visiting a remote nature reserve in the Amazon jungle, the BBC has reported.

The abduction is believed to have taken place yesterday at the Cuyabeno nature reserve in the Tarapoa region of Sucumbios province, close to the border with Colombia.

The kidnappers are thought to be a Colombian group.