Freed Colombian lawmakers welcomed by Chavez

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-02-28 11:36


Colombian lawmaker Gloria Polanco and her sons leave in a car after their meeting with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Palace in Caracas February 27, 2008. FARC rebels freed four lawmakers held hostage for years in Colombia's jungle on Wednesday, in a victory for Chavez who brokered the deal. Venezuelan helicopters picked up Polanco, Luis Eladio Perez, Orlando Beltran and Jorge Gechem, who is believed to be suffering severe heart problems. [Agencies]  To read the story

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