Brazilian political prisoners freed
Japanese consul returned unharmed
PAULO, Brazil (UPI) — Kidnapers of the Japanese consul general, Nobou Okuchi, released him unharmed Sunday night 10 hours after the arrival in Mexico of five Brazilian political prisoners whose freedom the abductors had demanded as ransom.
Okuchi arrived in a taxi at his home here at 5:40 p.m. EST, appeared relaxed and rested and told police his kidnapers had freed him in the city's Paraiso District where he hailed a taxi for a 50-cent ride to his home.
The consul, who had been held captive for 97 hours, was abducted last Wednesday by political terrorists who blocked his car as he was going home and forced him to accompany them.
Police were maintaining a vigil around Okuchi's residence when he arrived in the taxi. The taxi driver, Joaquim Coelho, said he did not even know of the kidnapping until police began interrogating him after Okuchi left his car to rejoin his family.
Instead of releasing the diplomat as soon as the arrival of the prisoners in Mexico had been confirmed by radio and television stations, the kidnapers had demanded assurance from police that they would not try to apprehend them when they released Okuchi.
Police gave no immediate details on where he was found or of his condition.
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Okuchi was freed shortly after police had announced they already were complying with a late demand by the kidnapers to reduce patrols and call off all searches for the diplomat.
A communique Sunday afternoon from the kidnapers, the sixth since Okuchi was abducted Wednesday, said police patrols must be reduced in this city of 5.4 million before he can be released. It also said any attempt to apprehend the kidnapers before Okuchi is freed "might have tragic consequences and ruin all these days of negotiations."
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The military government previously had pledged not to search for the kidnapers and not to take repraisals against other prisoners still in jail in accord with two other demands made by the kidnapers at the time they set freedom for five political prisoners as the ramson for Okuchi.
As with previous communiques, an anonymous telephone call to a Sao Paulo newspaper advised newsmen where to find the latest note. It was picked up six hours after a Brazilian plane carrying five political prisoners released Saturday arrived in
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Arrival of the five political prisoners in Mexico was confirmed, as the kidnappers had demanded, by dispatches and photos of them there transmitted by international news agencies. They were broadcast immediately by the city's seven television stations.
Kidnapers used the same technique last year in Rio de Janeiro in the kidnaping of U.S. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick but made no subsequent demands after the 15 persons exchanged for the American diplomat had arrived in Mexico. Elbrick was released on a
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