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20 December 2010
Last updated at 15:32 ET
The Mexican former presidential candidate, Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, has been freed by his kidnappers after being held hostage for seven months.
Mr Fernandez de Cevallos told reporters outside his Mexico City home that he was well and had forgiven his captors, Associated Press new agency reported.
"I'm strong and my life will continue the same," the politician added.
Mr Fernandez de Cevallos was kidnapped in May while driving to his ranch in central Mexico.
He gave no details about his abductors in what was one of the highest-profile kidnappings in Mexico's recent history.
"First I have to tell you that I thank God and the virgin for the help they gave me minute by minute during the past seven months," he said.
In November a Mexican newspaper, El Universal, wrongly reported that he had been freed.
He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1994 as a candidate for current President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party.
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Mr Fernandez de Cevallos told reporters outside his Mexico City home that he was well and had forgiven his captors, Associated Press new agency reported.
"I'm strong and my life will continue the same," the politician added.
Mr Fernandez de Cevallos was kidnapped in May while driving to his ranch in central Mexico.
He gave no details about his abductors in what was one of the highest-profile kidnappings in Mexico's recent history.
"First I have to tell you that I thank God and the virgin for the help they gave me minute by minute during the past seven months," he said.
In November a Mexican newspaper, El Universal, wrongly reported that he had been freed.
He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1994 as a candidate for current President Felipe Calderon's National Action Party.
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