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Esso official awaits release as ERP ransom paid
In Buenos Aires Esso Argentina reports paying a record 14.2 million dollars in cash to the ERP for the release of Victor E Samuelson, Esso refinery manager in Argentina since 1970, after more than three months in captivity. The guerrillas hold two Argentine colonels and a retired navy noncommissioned officer. other prior ransom cases included Kurt Schmid and John R Thompson.
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Buenos Aires
API
Esso
Victor E Samuelson
Esso Oil Co
Argentina
Exxon Corp
People's Revolutionary Army
ERP
Victor E. Samuelson
Samuelson
United States
Cleveland
Ing Room
Juan D. Peron
Navy
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
ERP Commandos
John R. Thompson