SIM child ransom set
NZPA San Cristobal. Venezuela Colombian guerrillas had demanded a $1 million ransom for the life of an asthmatic Venezuelan child aged 11, who had been kidnapped two weeks ago, said police sources. Alex Landy Pellizari Fischer, the son of a rich Italian immigrant. w'as seized on his way to school in San Cristobal by a group of heavily-armed masked men. The guerrillas, who have been active along the frontier between eastern Colombia and western Venezuela, have reportedly threatened to “execute” the child if their demands are not met.
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Press, 7 March 1983, Page 8
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