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Government negotiator reveals $11m paid for European hostages in 2000 crisis

(9 Dec 2003) APTN FILE Jolo, Philippines - 27 May 2000 1. Hostage negotiator Roberto Aventajado (in white shirt and baseball cap) talking to hostage 2. Aventajado talking 3. Aventajado talking to Lebanese hostage Marie Moarbes, with Abu Sayyaf leader Commander Robot listening (in yellow shirt) 4. Aventajado talking beside Commander Robot and German hostages Marc Wallert (wearing white shirt) and Werner Wallert (in green shirt), pan to Lebanese hostage Marie Moarbes APTN Manila, Philippines - 9 December 2003 5. Roberto Aventajado talking to journalist 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Roberto Aventajado, Former hostage negotiator: "It was a difficult decision for me to finally admit that we did pay ransom. But the money did not come from the Philippine government. We used Libyan money." 7. Close-up of Aventajado book cover sample: 140 Days of Terror - In the Clutches of the Abu Sayyaf 8. Aventajado looking at sample book cover APTN FILE Jolo, Philippines - 17 July 2000) 9. Aventajado with just released German hostage Renate Wallert 10. Soldiers in truck 11. Wide shot of Wallert walking with Aventajado APTN Manila, Philippines - 9 December 2003) 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Roberto Aventajado, former hostage negotiator: "In so far as Germany is concerned, because actually, it was the German who did the initial agreement directly to me through their ambassador. They're amenable to the payment of one million (US) dollars for Renate Wallert. In fact, they even asked us to advance the money which we did and later on they reimbursed us after two months." APTN FILE Zamboanga, Philippines - 27 August 2000) 13. Aventajado escorting just released Lebanese hostage Marie Moarbes APTN FILE Jolo, Philippines - 9 September 2000) 14. Libyan hostage negotiator (in blue shirt) Abdul Rajab Azzarouq welcoming released French hostage Stephan Loisy 15. Released Finn hostage Seppo Franti 16. Aventajado with released German hostage Marc Wallert APTN Manila, Philippines - 9 December 2003) 17. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Roberto Aventajado, former hostage negotiator: "It's not really a good policy to be paying ransom and to give in to the demands of criminals but there are other considerations involved, you know like in this particular case, the foreign governments really made a very serious request on President Estrada not to attack." 18. Wide shot of Aventajado interview STORYLINE: Libya, Germany and the Philippines paid at least 11 (M) million US dollars to Muslim extremist guerrillas to end an international hostage crisis in 2000, according to a new book written by a chief hostage negotiator. Roberto Aventajado, who led the negotiations with the brutal Abu Sayyaf rebels, said largely private funds were paid to the Muslim guerrillas to ransom 11 Western hostages. Aventajado said Germany and the Philippines violated their strict no-ransom policy in a desperate bid to save the lives of the hostages, who were seized from a Malaysian resort and taken to a southern Philippine jungle camp. Then President Joseph Estrada was inclined to order a military commando rescue but Germany, France and Finland - whose citizens were among those taken captive - asked Manila to refrain from using force to safeguard the captives, Aventajado said. Aventajado had previously denied the ransom payments but in his new book titled "140 Days of Terror - In the clutches of the Abu Sayyaf" to be launched on Friday, he disclosed that huge ransom payments, mostly bankrolled by Libya through a private foundation, were paid to guerrillas in highly secretive deals. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...