Andrews flees Colombia for Miami…
(from ColombiaReports.com) - Colombian news source El Tiempo claims that U.S. journalist Brian Andrews, the host of RCN’s “News in English,” fled Colombia, after receiving threats from guerrilla group the FARC.
“The truth is I don’t know what happened, in two days my life changed. I don’t understand, everything has happened very fast, the threats ended my life in Colombia and that they suddenly told me I should leave the country is very frustrating,” Andrews reportedly told El Tiempo.
According to the newspaper, the FARC labeled Andrews as a military target, and Interpol advised him that his life was in danger, and that it was no longer safe for him to travel Colombia.
El Tiempo also reports that U.S. Ambassador to Bogota, William Brownfield, advised Andrews to leave the country.
“I was working on an article in El Cerrito [in the Valle department] when two men on a motorbike told me I had to leave, or I would be kidnapped. I left there and went to Cali and took a plane. I was very, but very, scared. My mom is very sad and worried because she also loves Colombia, but like me, she thinks it is best to leave the country – now that my life is at risk – and sadly I will never return to this country and I will return to Miami,” El Tiempo quotes Andrews as saying….Cont….
