Colombia confirms identity of murdered Ecuadoran couple

  Pasto, Colombia -- Two bodies found in the thick jungle of southwestern Colombia are those of an Ecuadorian couple kidnapped by a dissident FARC rebel group, officials confirmed Wednesday. Ecuador's Communication Ministry had said Tuesday that the bodies "could" be those of Oscar Villacis, 24, and Katty Velasco, 20, who went missing on April 17.   Colombian forensic authorities have now confirmed their identity.   Their kidnapping had been claimed by the Oliver Sinisterra Front, a rebel group led by ex-FARC guerrilla Walther Arizala, who goes by the alias Gaucho.   Arizala's group also claimed the kidnapping and murder of two Ecuadoran jo...

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