It will not be of much surprise that Colombia, one of the most dangerous countries in the world, according to Gabriel García Márquez, finds itself in first place with a total of 972 kidnappings. Just as in the case of Gabriel García Márquez's News of a Kidnapping, the kidnappings are located in a gray area between politics and criminality, often being difficult to decide in which one it is classified, or if it's in both.
Toulouse, France : Institut d'etudes hispaniques, hispano-américaines et luso brésiliennes de l'université
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Library, University of Illinois
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(79) : 257-264
Notes:
Gilard mentions that "Relatos de un viajero imaginario," a text that appeared signed with the pseudonym of Lorenzo Magadalena, was García Márquez. This was initially published in El Espectador of Bogotá.