From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-372832-275629
BOGOTA, Colombia (UPI) -- Freed Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt
Thursday was met by her children who she had not seen during six years
as a captive of leftist rebels.
Betancourt, a one-time presidential candidate who was captured in 2002
by rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC,
expressed joy at the sight of her two grown children, El Tiempo
reported online.
Betancourt, 46, also recounted how Colombian forces dressed as FARC
rebels duped her captors into transporting her and 14 other hostages
in a helicopter, only to turn the tables on the rebels once the
aircraft lifted off.
Three U.S. citizens, Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell,
were among 15 hostages rescued Wednesday from leftist rebels in
Colombia. The men, civilian contractors for the U.S. government, were
captured in February 2003 when their plane crashed in the Colombian
jungle.
The Colombian government has been fighting the FARC for more than 40
years.