Jacob Thiessen, President of the Family...

Asuncion, PARAGUAY: Jacob Thiessen, President of the Family Federation for Peace and World Unification of the Moon sect speaks to the press 20 April 2007 in Asuncion, after the release today of Hirokazo Ota, a Japanese member of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Bandits in Paraguay released Ota and two locals after nearly three weeks in captivity and a reported ransom payment. An armed group of bandits demanding a ransom snatched two Japanese members of the church and two locals at the beginning of the month in Caaguazu, about 200 kilometres (120 miles) east of the capital Asuncion. The church said the armed group had released Hirokazu Ota, 62, along with a Paraguayan policeman and his girlfriend, seized when they witnessed the kidnapping, after 19 days in captivity. AFP PHOTO / Norberto Duarte (Photo credit should read NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)