Rebels hand over soldier, 23

COLOMBIAN rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross in their first release of a captive in more than a year.

The insurgents are promising to soon free a second soldier they’ve held for far longer.

Private Josue Calvo had been held since he was wounded and captured last April. He walked out of a loaned Brazilian helicopter emblazoned with the Red Cross logo and into the embrace of his father and sister after being picked up in the jungle and flown to this provincial capital at the foot of the Andes.