Mali rebel group frees Spanish national kidnapped in Algeria A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week.
The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish citizen Gilbert Navarro.
Taleb said armed men from the FLA located Navarro and his kidnappers near the town of Indelimane in Mali's eastern region of Menaka, more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the Algerian border.
“The former Spanish hostage, Mr. Navarro Giane Gilbert, has been released by the FLA and is in good health,” said Mohamed Maouloud Ramaadan, a spokesperson for the separatist movement.
Spain’s Foreign Ministry said last week that a Spanish man had been kidnapped in an unspecified northern African country.
