Rewards for Justice - Reward Offer for Information on FARC Kidnapping of U.S. Citizen
Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
July 25, 2014
The Department of State's Rewards for Justice program is offering a reward for information on those responsible for the
kidnapping of a U.S. citizen by the terrorist organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Secretary
of State has authorized a reward of up to $3 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any
individual involved in the abduction of Kevin Scott Sutay in central Colombia.
Mr. Sutay was abducted on June 20, 2013, in the municipality of El Retorno in Guaviare Department, southeast of Bogota.
Sutay, a former American military service member, had been trekking as a tourist through Central and South America. On
July 19, 2013, the FARC issued a statement claiming responsibility for the abduction. The group released Sutay on
October 27, 2013.
The FARC has long targeted foreigners and government officials. In 2003, FARC members executed U.S. citizen Thomas Janis
and took three other U.S. citizens hostage after their U.S. Government plane crashed in the jungle in Caquetá, Colombia.
The Department of State designated the FARC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on October 8, 1997.
More information about this reward offer is located on the Rewards for Justice website at www.rewardsforjustice.net. We encourage anyone with information on these individuals to contact Rewards for Justice via the website, e-mail (info@RewardsforJustice.net), phone (1-800-877-3927), or mail (Rewards for Justice, Washington, DC, 20520-0303, USA). All information will be kept strictly confidential.
The Rewards for Justice program is administered by the Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Since its
inception in 1984, the program has paid in excess of $125 million to more than 80 people who provided actionable
information that put terrorists behind bars or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide. Follow us on Twitter
athttps://twitter.com/Rewards4Justice.
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