BURBANK — What began as a trip to Judge Benny Osorio’s native country of Colombia ended up as a weeklong kidnapping nightmare.
While in Cartagena for a bar association event in 2016, the judge was abducted, held for ransom, and then rescued by Colombian special forces.
“I thought I was going to die every day,” Osorio said. “After a while, you just use your instinct to survive.”
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