Authorities resumed operations at airports in the coffee growing region after activities were paralyzed early Tuesday due to the ash spewing out of the Ruiz Volcano. Activity in the volcano increased and raised the alert level from yellow to orange.

Nearly 20 flights were cancelled and more than 700 travelers affected at airports in Manizales, Pereira and Armenia.

Residents of the affected areas awoke to a cloud of ashes that covered the streets and vehicles but that, according to experts, are not cause for alarm. The use of facemasks and goggles is recommended to avoid any negative health effects but it is not necessary to store water.

However, emergency plans are in place in preparation for a possible eruption.

Colombia’s Attorney General, Eduardo Montealegre, said on Tuesday that authorities currently have enough elements to come up with an “initial hypothesis” that leads them to conclude that “there  is a connection between the car bomb (disarmed earlier on the same day), attributed to Farc, and the attack against Fernando Londoño.”

Montealegre said there was information found on the computers of the late alias “Mono Jojoy” confirming he gave orders for the former minister to be followed.

Montealegre pointed out that the investigation into the attack that killed two and injured at least 50 others is still underway but that they “have been able to establish initial links between the car bomb and the attack against the former minister”.

Everything is ready for the operation that will hopefully result in the release of French reporter, Romeo Langlois, kidnapped by Farc.

A commission arrived in Florencia on Tuesday and, according to former Colombian senator Piedad Córdoba, the group will leave early tomorrow and arrive at the site where the guerrilla plans to hand over the hostage. The exact coordinates will be revealed at seven in the morning.

The head of the ICRC in Colombia, Jordi Raich, confirmed Córdoba’s statements and said everything is going according to the original plan. “It should be a quick process because as far as logistics everything is ready, as you can see.”

The Colombian Army will suspend all operations in the “general area” by 6:00 p.m. tonight and will remain inactive until Thursday at 6:00 a.m.Upon arrival in France, Langlois will be admitted to a hospital and possibly meet with President of France, Francois Hollande.