|  BN: Ingrid Betancourt freed -
3rd July 2008
It has been just reported on CNN, the franco-Colombian ex-presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has been freed along with 14 other hostages that were being held by the FARC in the colombian jungles. Betancourt was abducted on the 22nd of February 2002. Many attempts, negotiations, and even interventions by the french presidents Chirac and Sarkosy to rescue her have failed over the past 6 years.
Great news to her family, husband, and 2 children. |