EL UNIVERSAL

Two Venezuelan helicopters bearing the logo of the International Red Cross arrived Thursday in San José del Guaviare, southeast Colombia, to refuel and then depart for an unknown place in the forest where they are to pick former vice-presidential candidate Clara Rojas and former lawmaker Consuelo González de Perdomo -two hostages held by the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC).
 
The helicopters are refueling and then are taking off to the coordinates the FARC provided Wednesday to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, said Guaviare governor Oscar López.

Colombian opposition senator Piedad Córdoba got off one of the helicopters. The operation is conducted under stringent security measures.

Governor López said the choppers "are refueling and taking off," bound for the place where the hostages would be freed.

The hostages will be delivered to the Red Cross International Committee and delegates of the Venezuelan government headed by Minister of the Interior and Justice Ramón Rodríguez Chacín, a spokesman for the Red Cross told AFP.