Al-Qaeda releases Spanish aid worker in Mali

“I am happy to be home” but “need time to recuperate,” a smiling Alicia Gamez said in a brief statement after stepping off a Spanish air force plane at Barcelona airport.

Dressed in jeans, sneakers, a pink shirt and a black jacket, she appeared in good health and showed no obvious signs of her ordeal.

“What I want to do now is to rest and, above all, to be with my family,” said Gamez, 39, who was accompanied on the flight by her brother and Secretary of State for International Cooperation Soraya Rodriguez.

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