Two Filipino seafarers’ tale of surviving piracy

Nigerian pirates recently released eight seafarers held for almost a month in captivity under terrible conditions. Two of the hostages were Filipinos — one of whom was badly wounded and was almost left for dead. He gives details to The Manila Times regarding his desperate struggle for life and survival along with other foreign seafarers who were held captive in the jungles of Nigeria.

OS John ‘Pope’ Estinoco ( left) and AB Kristoffer de Ocampo, piracy and kidnapping survivors.
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