ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / June 6, 2013) – Kidnappers freed a fishing boat skipper they seized in the southern Philippines last month, reports said Thursday.
ABS-CBN television said Lucio Gonzales, who was seized May 21 at sea off Basilan province, has been released in neighboring Sulu province on Tuesday.
It said the victim’s family paid a still undetermined amount of ransom to the kidnappers, who originally demanded P15 million from Gonzales’ employer GMA Fishing in Zamboanga City.
It was unknown whether the police or the military was aware of the release of Gonzales. (Mindanao Examiner)
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