{{Short description|Book by Gabriel García Márquez}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox book | | name = News of a Kidnapping | image = File:NewsOfAKidnapping.jpg | caption = First edition ([[Colombia]]n) | author = [[Gabriel García Márquez]] | country = [[Colombia]] | language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] | series = | genre = [[Non-fiction]] | publisher = | release_date = 1996 | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | oclc= | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''News of a Kidnapping''''' (original Spanish title: ''Noticia de un secuestro'') is a non-fiction book by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]. It was first published in Spanish in 1996, with an English translation released in 1997.
==Contents== The book recounts the kidnapping, imprisonment, and eventual release of a handful of prominent figures in [[Colombia]] in the early 1990s by the [[Medellín Cartel]], a [[drug cartel]] founded and operated by [[Pablo Escobar]].
The book begins with an account of the abductions of [[Maruja Pachón]] and [[Beatriz Villamizar de Guerrero]] the evening of 7 November 1990.<ref name=dd>[http://www.semana.com/enfoque/maruja-pachon-ex-ministra-educacion/124339-3.aspx Maruja Pachon, former Minister of Education]{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, Semana.com, 23 May 2009, accessed October 2012</ref> People presume that Maruja was kidnapped because her sister is [[Gloria Pachón]], widow of the journalist and [[New Liberalism (Colombia)|New Liberalism]] founder [[Luis Carlos Galán]]. Beatriz is Maruja's sister-in-law and her personal assistant.
The book then examines the first in a series of related kidnappings. On 30 August 1990, [[Diana Turbay]], director of the TV news program ''[[Criptón]]'' and magazine ''[[Hoy x Hoy]]'', was abducted along with four members of her news team. They include editor [[Azucena Liévano]], writer [[Juan Vitta]], and camera operators [[Richard Becerra]] and [[Orlando Acevedo]]. German journalist [[Hero Buss]] was also with them when they were taken. Turbay was the daughter of former Colombian president and Liberal Party leader [[Julio César Turbay]]. She died, likely by [[friendly fire]], on 25 January 1991 in a police rescue raid on the compound where she was being held.
The kidnappings on 18 September 1990 of [[Marina Montoya]] and [[Francisco Santos Calderón]], editor in chief of ''[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]'' newspaper, are also recounted.
==Mir Hossein Moussavi== "If you want to understand my situation, read Gabriel Garcia Marquez's ''News of a Kidnapping''", [[Iranian opposition]] leader [[Mir Hossein Moussavi]] was quoted as having said in a meeting with his daughters in September 2011. Moussavi, together with his wife, [[Zahra Rahnavard]], has been under house arrest since February 2011.<ref>[https://www.rferl.org/a/news_of_a_kidnapping_hit_in_iran_after_musavi_tip/24328771.html 'News Of A Kidnapping' A Hit In Iran After Opposition Leader's Recommendation]</ref> After a week, some Persian book reference websites reported that ''News of a Kidnapping'' was among the best-selling "rare books" in [[Iran]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftabnews.ir/vdcawyn6a49ne01.k5k4.html |title=in Persian رمان "گزارش یک آدمربایی" در صدر پروفروشترینهای ایران |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917174648/http://aftabnews.ir/vdcawyn6a49ne01.k5k4.html |archive-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==TV adaptation== On 22 August 2022, a six-episode miniseries based on the book was released on [[Prime Video]]. A Colombian-Chilean co-production, it is directed by Julio Jorquera Arriagada and [[Andrés Wood]], and stars [[Cristina Umaña]] as [[Maruja Pachón Castro|Maruja Pachón]], [[Juan Pablo Raba]] as [[Alberto Villamizar Cárdenas|Alberto Villamizar]] and [[Majida Issa]] as Diana Turbay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/2022-08-06/los-creadores-de-noticia-de-un-secuestro-hablan-de-los-retos-de-llevar-la-obra-de-gabo-a-la-television|title=Los creadores de 'Noticia de un secuestro' hablan de los retos de llevar la obra de 'Gabo' a la televisión|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Sergio|last=Burstein|date=6 August 2022|accessdate=23 April 2023|language=es}}</ref> The series won four awards at the [[10th Platino Awards]], including [[Platino Award for Best Miniseries or TV series|Best Ibero-American Miniseries or TV series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/04/22/ganadores-de-los-premios-platino-2023-huston-zona-pop-orix/|title=Ganadores Premios Platino 2023: la lista completa por categorías|website=[[CNN en Español]]|first=Marysabel|last=Huston-Crespo|date=22 April 2023|accessdate=23 April 2023|language=es}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.enotes.com/news-kidnapping/ News of a Kidnapping on e-notes.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925184942/http://www.enotes.com/news-kidnapping |date=25 September 2011 }}
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