The boy´s last wish was to see his father before dying; a wish that was seconded by John Paul II himself, who appealed for the father´s liberation.
Colombian Boy Dies Without Seeing Kidnapped Father
BOGOTA, Colombia, DEC. 19, 2001 (Zenit.org).- Andrés Felipe Pérez, the boy whose father is being held hostage by the guerrillas of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Force, died of cancer Tuesday in Buga, hospital sources reported.