Venezuela hostage standoff ends; gunmen arrested
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela -- Gunmen who held more than 30 hostages inside a Venezuelan bank for more than 24 hours fled in an ambulance and were caught Tuesday along a roadside, where they surrendered and freed their last five captives.
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