In July, Sr. Gloria was allowed to give proof she is alive with a handwritten note in which she asked people to pray for her.
“I send everyone my warmest greetings. May the good Lord bless you and grant you health. I have been a prisoner for four years and now I am with a new group,” the sister wrote in her 11-line message sent to her brother Edgar Narváez Argoti through the Red Cross.
She identified the group now holding her as Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, a militant Islamist group in West Africa and the Maghreb.
The nun asked, “may they all pray a great deal for me. May God bless them all. I am hopeful that God will help me to regain my freedom.”
Armed men kidnapped Sister Cecilia, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate and a Colombia native, in Karangasso, about 90 miles south of San, Feb. 7, 2017. The men forced Sister Cecilia to hand over the keys to the community’s ambulance. The vehicle was later found abandoned. Three other sisters were present at their house but escaped.
According to the Associated Press, a judge in the country charged four individuals in relation to the kidnapping in April 2017.
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