Former hostage Cesar Augusto Lasso Monsalve is escorted off the Brazilian military helicopter by a nurse on arrival in VillavicencioPhotograph: Boris Heger/AFP/Getty ImagesColombian police sergeant Cesar Augusto Lasso Monzalve (left) and army sergeant Luis Alfredo Moreno (right) wave after being releasedPhotograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice sergeants Jose Libardo Forero (left) and Jorge Humberto Romero walk to freedom with a nurse ... and a pet peccaryPhotograph: Mauricio Duenas/EPA
Colombian army personnel Luis Hernando Pena (centre) and Wilson Rojas Medina (right) wave on being releasedPhotograph: Mauricio Duenas/EPAColombian police officer Jorge Trujillo Solarte (left) and army sergeant Luis Alfonso Beltran Franco cross the tarmacPhotograph: Xinhua Press/CorbisPoliceman Jorge Romero arrives at the airportPhotograph: Boris Heger/APFormer Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba greets a member of the Brazilian air crewPhotograph: John Vizcaino/ReutersCrew members of the Brazilian army helicopter and International Red Cross members who helped bring the hostages to safetyPhotograph: Fernando Vergara/APRelatives of police and soldiers held hostage by Farc hold up signs with pictures of their loved ones during a mass in VillavicencioPhotograph: Fernando Vergara/APPeople participate in a vigil after a mass at the Cathedral of VillavicencioPhotograph: Mauricio Duenas/EPA
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