VATICAN CITY — Mali security forces arrested two suspects who they believe were involved in the kidnapping of a Colombian nun Feb. 7 in southern Mali.

A woman holding a candle and images of disappeared victims takes part in a rally for peace Oct. 7, 2016 in Medellin, Colombia. Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti, 56, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, was taken by armed men in Karangasso village near the Burkina Faso border, Feb. 7. (CNS photo/Luis Eduardo Noriega A., EPA)

Sr. Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti, 56, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, was taken by armed men in Karangasso village near the Burkina Faso border, according to Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Around 9 p.m., a group of armed men broke into the parish, grabbed Sr. Narvaez, and took off in an ambulance that belonged to the church.

The news agency Agence France-Presse reported Feb. 8 that a security source said the two suspects were stopped while heading toward Burkina Faso in the ambulance. “The abductors initially threw her into the ambulance of the church, which led to their arrest,” the source stated.

A church worker told AFP that Sr. Narvaez was one of four nuns living in Karangasso. The worker also stated that she was the only one abducted.

Fr. Edmond Dembele, secretary general of the Mali bishops’ conference, told Fides that “the area where the religious woman was kidnapped is a quiet area and that is what is surprising. That area of the country has not yet been touched by the insecurity that affects other areas of Mali.”