By Maria Elena Salinas- Syndicated Columnist The streets were lined with the townspeople of Risaralda. Lampposts, trees and fences were adorned with colorful decorations. A caravan led by six horses was followed by cars and motorbikes. There was anticipation in the air, the smell of traditional Colombian cuisine and champagne corks ready to pop. It was not a national holiday or a local sporting event. It was not even a religious celebration. Yet, there was a lot to celebrate. Sgt. Erasmo Romero, a native of Risaralda — a small town in Colombia’s central province of Caldas — was coming home. Romero was among the 15 people who were liberated in a daring rescue mission executed by the Colombian army a week before. There they were: his friends, his neighbors, his godmother, his grammar-school teacher and the local schoolchildren,...
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