article_snippet: A kidnapped journalist who survived  
article_snippet: While they comrades have all but been murdered - John Cantlie is seemingly still alive but in the group's clutches - the two Spaniards were freed, spared to tell the world of the group's atrocities.
article_snippet: The European and American hostages who disappeared had been either freed or moved, The moment journalist Javier Espinosa claims to have been told.
article_snippet: Instead The European and American hostages who disappeared were being picked off one by own, The European and American hostages who disappeared deaths showcased to the world of the group's atrocities in barbaric propaganda videos.
article_snippet: While the journalist doesn't describe in depth any hopes the journalist had of escaping, the journalist revealed that asking the journalist captors how to pray was among the journalist first actions once taken.
article_snippet: Once across the border Mr Vilanova contacted Mr Vilanova newspaper and Mr Vilanova wife who later tweeted: 'Pure happiness'.
article_snippet: To secure Mr Vilanova release the Spanish government is understood to have paid a sum to the terror group.
highlights_snippet: The Spanish journalist was kidnapped alongside The Spanish journalist colleague in 2013 .
  