• Colombia: The Spaniard who runs the International Center for Tropical Agriculture is kidnapped in Colombia

The Spanish engineer Jesús Antonio Quintana García, managing director for the Americas of the International Biodiversity Alliance and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), was released this Monday after an armed group kidnapped him in Colombia, as reported by the non Governmental Organization.

In a statement, CIAT has detailed that Quintana is "in good mental and physical health" after "two days of suffering this terrible experience" and has guaranteed that it will provide more information "as soon as possible."

For his part, CIAT Director General Juan Lucas Restrepo has indicated that the alliance is "very happy" to have Quintana "safe and sound back home."

"We thank the Colombian authorities, the indigenous communities, the social organizations and all those who mobilized to secure his release," he added, also extending his gratitude to the international community for "their good wishes" and "concern." during the "difficult situation".

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation of Spain, Arancha González Laya, has transferred through her Twitter account that she has had a conversation with Quintana and has specified that he has been released "thanks to the joint work of the Colombian and Spanish authorities ".

The Spanish engineer was traveling in an off-road vehicle and was kidnapped on Saturday by an unidentified armed group that stopped him at a checkpoint in the municipality of Toribio, in the north of the department of Valle del Cauca, although at the moment the details are unknown. details of the event.

"We know that in that area there are groups on the fringes of the law," admitted the governor of Cauca, Elías Larrahondo, before knowing the release of the engineer, assuring that the authorities could not specify who were the authors of the kidnapping. reported the newspaper 'El Tiempo'.

According to its website, the International Biodiversity Alliance and CIAT is an international non-governmental organization that provides scientific solutions that take advantage of agricultural biodiversity and transform food systems in a sustainable way to improve people's lives in the midst of a climate crisis. all this working "hand in hand with farmers" to "increase their quality of life".

Born in Malaga (Spain), Quintana García is the managing director for the Americas of the Alliance between International Biodiversity and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), two research centers on agriculture, nutrition and the Environment.

The Spanish engineer works at the Hub of the Americas, located in Palmira, in the department of Valle del Cauca, in western Colombia.

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