Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
Watch Live

International

Former Colombian Hostage Reunited with Son

There were more dramatic scenes in Colombia with one of the released hostages, Clara Rojas. She was reunited with her 3-year-old son in Bogota. Rojas gave birth while in captivity and says the father is a member of the rebel group that held her. Emmanuel, was born in an improvised cesarean section that left him with a broken arm and Rojas bedridden for 40 days. Because the child became ill, rebels took him away when he was 8 months old. Colombian officials found him in foster care, and DNA tests proved he is Rojas' son.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.