Kidnapers Free Son of Chilean Publisher
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Kidnapers freed a son of Chile’s leading newspaper publisher, Agustin Edwards Eastman, after 145 days in captivity, officials said Sunday.
Government sources said a ransom was paid for Christian Edwards, 33, but no further details were made public.
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