The Venezuelan government on Tuesday authorized Colombian experts to carry out DNA tests to determine if the son of Clara Rojas, a female hostage held by the FARC guerrillas, is a boy being held in a family care institution in Bogota, Colombia.
Clara Rojas was captured by the FARC in 2002 with former presidential candidate Ingrid Betan court. She gave birth to her son Emmanuel during captivity.
Clara's brother Ivan Rojas said in Caracas that the test will determine if the boy is his sister's son.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel on Monday postponed the release of three hostages, including Clara Rojas, Emmanuel and former legislator Consuelo Gonzalez, who was captured by the FARC in 2001.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said the FARC did not hand over the three hostages because they do not have Emmanuel. Uribe said he believes Emmanuel is in Colombia's Family Wellbeing Institute, under another name.
Colombian medical experts will subject Emmanuel's uncle and grandmother, as well as the boy currently at Colombia's Family Wellbeing Institute, to genetic DNA tests to determine whether the boy is Emmanuel.
The FARC stated that the lack of security impeded the hostage release at an undetermined site in the Colombian jungle since the Colombian military intensified its operations in that region.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been involved in an international effort of mediating the release of the three hostages.
Source: Xinhua
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