Betancourt rescued from FARC kidnappers
(CNN) — Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has been rescued, the country’s defense minister Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday.
Politician Ingrid Betancourt, pictured in 2001, has been in captivity in Colombia for more than six years.
She was kidnapped by FARC in 2002.
The Colombian military detailed an operation that resulted in the liberation of Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages.
The freed include Americans Keith Stansell, Marc Gonsalves and Thomas Howes. They were among an estimated 750 hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, for its acronym in Spanish. FARC holds its hostages in the jungles of South America……
