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Maid Marian
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 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: Colombia hostage Betancourt freed |
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Excellent news!
| Quote: | French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages have been freed after rebels were fooled by an undercover military operation.
Ms Betancourt had been held for more than six years by the rebel Farc group and was their highest-profile captive.
President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia has congratulated the army on its success, and urged Farc to release its remaining hostages and seek peace.
The Farc has been fighting to overthrow the Colombian government for 40 years.
'Miracle'
Wearing military fatigues, a pale Ms Betancourt smiled as she emerged with other hostages from a military plane in the Colombian capital Bogota to be greeted by her mother and husband.
"God, this is a miracle... There is no historical precedent for such a perfect operation," she told media at the air base.
Breaking into tears, she appealed to Farc to free the other hostages and make peace.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had made the rescue of Ms Betancourt a foreign policy priority, was joined by her family at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
The freed hostage's son, Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt, told the news conference it was "the best moment of my life". His sister Melanie said it was like "emerging from a bad dream".
The siblings are flying to Colombia to be reunited with their 46-year-old mother.
Colombian Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos said no-one had been hurt in Wednesday's operation in the southern province of Guaviare and that the 15 hostages were in relatively good health. |
Full Report Here - BBC
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| Great news, let's hope all political prisoners can be released soon. |
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