Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Thursday confirmed that the humanitarian operation to rescue Clara Rojas and Consuelo González was completed successfully in an indigenous village between La Paz and Tomachipan, Colombia.

He added that both women were delivered to Venezuelan Minister of the Interior and Justice Ramón Rodríguez Chacín, Colombian senator Piedad Córdoba and the delegates of the International Red Cross.

The Venezuelan helicopters carrying the delegation and Rojas and González are expected to arrive in Caracas in a few hours. Santos said he had no information on the health condition of the two hostages.