2 Israeli backpackers abducted by drugs cartel in Colombian jungle.

Held for seven hours, the pair were released after their guide convinced the kidnappers that with $85 in their pockets, they could not meet a $1.7 million ransom demand.

Two Israeli backpackers on a post-army trip to Colombia were kidnapped and held for several hours by a drug cartel before being released because with only $85 in their pockets they could not meet the $1.7 million ransom.

Omer Yefet and Gal-El Yaakov, both 22, had just finished an organized tour of legal marijuana fields in a jungle near the city of Cali when they were snatched and held for seven hours by 15 men, most of them armed with Israeli-made weapons.

The guide remained in detention and the two have been unable to ascertain her whereabouts.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-backpackers-abducted-by-drugs-cartel-in-colombian-jungle/