Smugglers' blues.(scandal linking German government to ransom payment for kidnapping) From: National Review | Date: January 27, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The German government allegedly paid ransom to a couple who kidnapped the wife of the chief executive of BASF in Colombia. The couple, Werner Mauss and his wife, had many identities, and were probably linked to Colombian guerrillas.

ON November 17, three Germans were apprehended at Medellin airport in Colombia as they tried to board a small plane bound for Venezuela. One of them, Brigitte Schoene, was released immediately: she was the wife of the chief executive in Colombia of BASF, the giant German chemical company, and she had been kidnapped three months before by the ELN (Ejercito de ...

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