American woman and tour guide abducted in Uganda have been rescued


A California woman and her tour guide who were abducted Tuesday from a national park in Uganda have been rescued by security forces.
A spokesperson for the Ugandan government said Kimberly Sue Endicott of Orange County and her guide, Jean-Paul Mirenge Remezo, were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are now safe in Uganda. Their abductors were with them, but managed to escape during the rescue, the spokesperson said.
Endicott and Remezo were abducted from Queen Elizabeth National Park while on an evening game drive; four other people were taken at the same time, but only Endicott and Remezo left the park. Police said the perpetrators asked several times for a $500,000 ransom; a person with knowledge of the matter told CNN money was paid to secure their release, and the handover was "quiet and peaceful." The government spokesperson said both Endicott and Remezo are in good health. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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