Spanish journalists kidnapped in Syria: “We were treated well” – Trade

The Spanish journalists Antonio Pampliega, Jose Manuel Lopez and Angel Sastre, released in Syria , today assured his arrival in Madrid that 90 percent of the time in captivity was spent in closed cockpits, and the kidnappers, presumed to be members of Al Qaeda , they were treated well and correctly.

Speaking to EFE, the three journalists, who are meeting in a cafe Madrid after arriving hours before the Torrejon Air Base from Turkey, said they do not know the area Syria in which they have been sequestered for nearly ten months. It is presumed that this would be controlled by Al Qaeda area.

Pampliega, Lopez and Sastre were received at the Base of Torrejon by their families and by the Deputy Prime Minister acting, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, who already yesterday could talk to them when they were in Turkish territory after leaving Syria .

Soon after, accompanied by friends and family journalists, which have so far decided not to convene a press conference to report their captivity in Syria , moved to a Madrid cafe where they explained to EFE that have been in at least six houses, although they remained forever locked in a room.

they claimed that in the room where they were held captive in Syria exercised to avoid boredom, and only rarely walked for yard. According to Lopez, only during the first three months of captivity remained together all three. After that period Pampliega was separated from them and moved elsewhere. Lopez and Sastre were together all the time in captivity and until yesterday, they were released, they had not heard anything of Pampliega.

The three journalists, who have said they were fine, they acknowledged being “overwhelmed” by the situation, so they preferred not to call the media to explain his captivity in Syria .

Until yesterday who were released, the last time you heard from journalists was in July last year when they were in the city of Aleppo, which is under control of Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian subsidiary of Al Qaeda . The three journalists working in the said area as freelance and had entered a few days before a Syria from Turkey. (EFE)

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