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Kidnapped former British honorary consul rescued in Ecuador

Updated picture of Colin Armstrong smiling with withered-looking crop and man in background
The kidnapping of Colin Armstrong, 78, founder and owner of Agripac, comes amid increasing violence in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s most populous city. Photograph: Agripac/AFP/Getty Images

A British businessman and former UK honorary consul has been released four days after being kidnapped in Ecuador, police have said.

Colin Armstrong, 78, was kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday with a Colombian woman identified as his partner, Katherine Paola Santos, from his home in the town of Baba, according to a police report seen by the Guardian. He was driven away in his own black BMW, which was later found dumped, the report said.

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