{"id":135780,"date":"2023-12-20T08:12:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T08:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135780"},"modified":"2023-12-20T08:12:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T08:12:32","slug":"kidnapped-british-millionaire-is-rescued-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/kidnapped-british-millionaire-is-rescued-in-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped British millionaire is RESCUED in Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Kidnapped British millionaire is RESCUED in Ecuador: Police say he is &#8216;safe and healthy&#8217; as nine crooks are arrested in raid<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colin Armstrong, 78, was snatched from his villa by 15 armed men on Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A millionaire British businessman and former diplomat who was kidnapped in Ecuador has been found by police &#8211; after his girlfriend was questioned as part of the plot.<\/p>\n<p>Colin Armstrong, 78, was snatched from his villa by 15 armed men on Saturday morning and last seen being bundled into the back of a car.<\/p>\n<p>Grainy footage later showed his girlfriend Katherine Paola Santos being surrounded by bomb disposal police as an &#8216;explosive device&#8217; was removed from her but officers suspect she was part of the scam.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Cesar Augusto Zapata Correa, Ecuador&#8217;s police chief, tweeted that Mr Armstrong had been found on a road near Manabi not far from Los Rios where he was snatched.<\/p>\n<p>The picture, which showed him slightly out of focus as per local law, saw him flanked by two police officers and wearing a baseball cap and he appeared fit and well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/07\/79162311-12884643-image-a-18_1703059195462.jpg\" height=\"490\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday Cesar Augusto Zapata Correa, Ecuador&#8217;s police chief, tweeted that Mr Armstrong (pictured) had been found on near Manabi not far from Los Rios where he was snatched<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/20\/07\/79084241-12884643-Colin_Armstrong_78_and_partner_Katherine_Paola_Santos_are_pictur-a-1_1703058978069.jpg\" height=\"963\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colin Armstrong, 78, and partner Katherine Paola Santos are pictured together in Jamaica<\/p>\n<p>Cmr Correa wrote: &#8216;Our units released citizen Colin A., kidnapped a few days ago in Los Rios. At the moment he is safe and healthy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added that nine people had been arrested in connection with the kidnap.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate comment from his family who include a daughter in California Diana Armstrong Bruns who had earlier told the Mail it was a &#8216;critical time&#8217; for the family.<\/p>\n<p>His son Nick has flown to Ecuador from his home in North Yorkshire to help in the hunt.<\/p>\n<p><span>This is a breaking news story, more to follow&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12884643\/Kidnapped-British-millionaire-RESCUED-Ecuador-Police-say-safe-healthy-nine-crooks-arrested-raid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE Kidnapped British millionaire is RESCUED in Ecuador: Police say he is &#8216;safe and healthy&#8217; as nine crooks are arrested&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kidnapped British millionaire is RESCUED in Ecuador - bluemull<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/kidnapped-british-millionaire-is-rescued-in-ecuador\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kidnapped British millionaire is RESCUED in Ecuador - bluemull\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE Kidnapped British millionaire is RESCUED in Ecuador: Police say he is &#8216;safe and healthy&#8217; 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