Bogota, Colombia (CNN) -- Members of a Colombian leftist rebel group released two more longtime prisoners Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total released since February 9 to six, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the Spanish acronym FARC, freed Police Maj. Guillermo Solorzano and Army Cpl. Salin Antonio Sanmiguel Valderrama on Wednesday afternoon in a rural area located in the departments of Cauca and Valley of the Cauca in southwest Colombia, the Red Cross said in a news release. Solorzano had spent three years and eight months in captivity; Sanmiguel had been held for two years and eight months, it said.
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The two men were released in southwestern Colombia
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They are being taken by helicopter to be reunited with their families
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FARC's releases bring to six the number of hostages freed since February 9
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