Gustavo Moncayo prays he will be reunited with his son this week, 12 years after he was seized by guerrillas In late December 1997, Gustavo Moncayo received a phone call from his son Pablo, 19, who was doing his military service in the border region of Nariño, where guerrilla forces from the notorious Farc organisation were known to be active. "Dad, if there are no fireworks, I'll spend Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve with you all," said the voice, crackling down the line from an army communications base. It sounded like a warning. "I asked: 'What does that mean?' " said Moncayo, a teacher from the small provincial town of Sandoná. "Is there a party going on there, or what?" "No," his son replied. "We think guerrillas are approaching the province of Nariño to take on some bases. I just want this to be a secret between me and... [read full story]
