Tourists kidnapped from Ciudad Perdida

Update 09/16/03: The commander of the Colombian army is personally overseeing rescue efforts. Story at Colombian Army Chief Takes Kidnap Case from AP.

Eight foreign tourists were kidnapped from Colombia's archaeological ruins of the Lost City, near Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast.
Believed to be the work of the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, it is the biggest mass kidnapping of foreigners in Colombia since 1980.
For more of the developing story, read Colombia Searches for Kidnapped Tourists and Colombians Hunt for Captive Foreigners from Associated Press.

In the case of the three Americans captured seven months ago, a journalist traveled through difficult conditions to interview them. The kidnapees tell their stories in Americans Endure Captivity in Colombia from Associated Press.