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Kidnapped Brit freed in Ecuador

A British woman has been reportedly freed from kidnappers in Ecuador. She and an Australian woman were captured by a suspected Colombian group while canoeing during a visit to a nature reserve in the Amazon jungle, before being saved by police.

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British woman 'kidnapped' in Amazon jungle nature reserve

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.

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