( CNN ) -- Security forces rescued two tourists Saturday , just one day after they were kidnapped in a remote region of northeast Ecuador , the Interior Ministry said . The Interior and Environment Ministries offered slightly different accounts of what happened . According to both , the tourists were part of a group that was attacked Friday . Others in the group were let go . The attack occurred either inside or near the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve , which is located in the northeast province of Sucumbios near the border with Colombia . Including the two who were kidnapped , the tourist group totaled seven people , according to the Interior Ministry . The Environment Ministry , however , said that just five tourists -- including the two who were taken -- were attacked . The Environment Ministry identified those kidnapped as an Australian woman , 32 , and a 23-year-old woman from England . According to reports from people in the area , the attack was carried out by members of a group that calls itself the `` Black Eagles , '' the Environment Ministry said . The Interior Ministry reported only that it was likely a Colombian group that took the tourists . Authorities in both countries worked the case . With global instability , who wants to be a tourist ? American tourists kidnapped in Egypt .
NEW : The women , ages 32 and 23 , were taken in the province of Sucumbios . NEW : They were part of a group that was attacked Friday . A man who said he is from the area told Reuters news agency they had been kidnapped by armed men on motorcycles. Others were let go .