Colin Armstrong, 78, was snatched from his villa alongside his girlfriend Katherine Paola Santos by 15 armed men on Saturday morning and was last seen being bundled into the back of a car.
The story reads a little like a Graham Greene novel reimagined for the Narcos audience. The protagonist looks like John Waters playing Leslie Phillips playing Alan Whicker. The setting’s exotic, the supporting cast extraordinary, the details bizarre. But for Colin Armstrong, the ordeal of the past four days must have felt all too real, and all too scary.
A British businessman and former honorary consul who has been kidnapped in Ecuador owns an estate in the Yorkshire Dales and the Forbidden Corner visitor attraction
Brit millionaire s glam lover quizzed by cops after he was kidnapped in Ecuador dailystar.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailystar.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.