The 10-year-old Nohora was snatched from her mother's arms while she walked the child to school in Fortul, a small town near Colombia's border with Venezuela.

The FARC terrorist group, which derives millions a year from kidnapping and narcotrafficking, held the child for 18 days before international pressure and negotiations by the Red Cross forced them to release her to authorities. 

Police Director General Oscar Naranjo said the three terrorists that were now in custody for the kidnapping belonged to the 54th Front of the FARC.

Naranjo said that one of the suspects, identified by his nom de guerre 'The Driver,' was arrested in Bogota. He is believed to be the driver of the car into which the child was dragged after the narcoterrorist kidnappers tore her from her mother's grasp in broad daylight.

The two other captured terrorists, identified as Pepo and Richard, were also captured in Bogota.

Authorities have not yet revealed any theory on why the terrorist group kidnapped the girl, except to say that she is the daughter of the mayor of Fortul. Her family reported that they never received any ransom demands, but that could be the result of the immediate international coverage that the case received after shocked Colombians tweeted and passed the information to the rest of the world.

Naranjo said police were close to capturing other members of the FARC terrorist group that were believed to have participated in the kidnapping. The FARC is known for recruiting children into its ranks, and have even traded stolen land to peasant families in exchange for handing their children over to the terrorist group. A recent case of this type of illicit impressment of children led to the terrorist leader "Teofilo" ordering the execution of a 13-year-old girl who tried to escape back to her home.