Colombian-French hostage Ingrid Betancourt was released today after six years of captivity.
Okay, I can’t even imagine being held captive for 6 minutes let alone 6 years! I’ll be honest, I had to do some reading up on what’s going down with the Colombia Insurgency, if you’re in need of some knowledge click here.
Colombia’s defense minister says the country’s military has rescued former presidential candidate Betancourt and 14 other hostages from leftist rebels.
Betancourt’s son Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt said on France-Info radio Wednesday that he was “really surprised and happy” but he said he was waiting for more information about the release.
Betancourt holds dual Colombian and French citizenship and has become a cause celebre in France. President Nicolas Sarkozy has pushed for her release.
Betancourt was kidnapped while campaigning for Colombia’s presidency in 2002. [Associated Press]
For more on Ingrid Bentancourt check out the documentary The Kidnapping of Ingrid Bentancourt and to learn about the campaign to help her release takepart get involved at 4Ingrid.com.
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Je viens juste de voir l’emision de Larry King avec Ingrid Betancourt (CNN).
Nicole De CosterJ’ai ete vraiment emue devant l’humilite de cette grande dame et de la noblesse de ses mots
Si quelqu’un devrait me demander de quelle personne je voudrais serre la main, ce serait sans aucun doute la main de Madame Ingrid Betancourt.