Round up of various tweets and texts I got
@KolHaolam: BOLIVIA: BREAKING - Kol Mevaser reports that Jacob Ostreicher has been released from Bolivia & has already arrived to the USA.
Jacob Ostreicher escaped Bolivia via 3rd country from where he made his trip home to US, According to @JewishPolitical @YossiGstetner source
@KolHaolam: BOLIVIA: U/D - TLS has exclusive report that Jacob Ostreicher was kidnapped in Bolivia and brought to undisclosed location in USA.
@KolHaolam: BOLIVIA: U/D - TLS also reports that his kidnappers demanded ransom from him, his family has still not made contact with him.
EXCLUSIVE: TLS has exclusively confirmed with a family member of Jacob Ostreicher that the American who was trapped in Bolivia is safe in the United States. My father is in the US,” the family member told TLS. “He was kidnapped in Bolivia,” the family member says, and a ransom was demanded. The ransom money was paid, and Jacob was then dropped off in an undisclosed location in the United States. However, the family member TLS spoke to has still not spoken to him. “I have still not spoken to him, but we know he’s safe –and we’re still trying to figure out where he is.” [TLS]
@lakewoodscoop: UPDATE: Family tells TLS he was missing for a week prior to them receiving report of his arrival in U.S.
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JP updates confirmed that Jacob Ostreicher who was jailed in Bolivia for 30 months is now free and has arrived in USA yesterday on Sunday.
Source says Mr. Ostreicher simply escaped Bolivia via a third country from where he made his trip home to the United States.
UPDATE (5:24PM): Mr. Ostreicher was missing for several days before his brother was contacted, the source tells JP Updates.
UPDATE (5:12pm): Mr. Ostreicher was kidnapped by a unknown group who requested a contact to demand ransom for his release, a reliable source told JP Updates. Jacob gave them his brother Ari’s number. Upon receiving the request, Ari ostriecher arranged the ransom to be paid and Jacob was dropped off in a third world country, from where he fled to the United States.
Editor’s note: This report is possibly a cover story for a likely escape.
NYC Councilman David Greenfield, who was in contact with Mr. Ostreicher at least once a week, told YWN he spoke to him this past Friday, and may have alluded to his possible release / escape. “He sounded very nervous, and said that ‘things were happening’.
This is a developing story… More details to follow shortly.
“I am *thrilled* that Jacob Ostreicher is finally home in America!” Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted moments ago.
