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Ingrid Betancourt, a Colombian politician, is depicted as selfish and haughty in a memoir by fellow hostages held with her.
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Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt speaks to guests during an arrival ceremony held in her honor at the Villacoublay military base near Paris on July 4, 2008. Betancourt, who holds both French and Columbian citizenship, was rescued on July 2nd from rebels in Columbia after six years in captivity. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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TORONTO, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she is convinced the guerrillas who held her in the Colombian jungle for more than six years clearly hated her.
BOGOTA, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A woman who allegedly served as the head quartermaster for the FARC guerrillas in Colombia was extradited Saturday to the United States.
UPI Almanac for Friday, July 3, 2009.
BOGOTA, June 24 (UPI) -- One-time Colombian presidential hopeful Ingrid Betancourt, who was held hostage by leftist rebels for six years, has filed for divorce.
BOGOTA, June 18 (UPI) -- Colombia's highest court has ruled that a top rebel from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who was behind the captivity of U.S. military contractors will not be extradited to the United States.
LONDON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- One of three U.S. contractors held hostage in a Colombian jungle says the behavior of fellow hostage Ingrid Betancourt did not match her image.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Ex-hostage Ingrid Betancourt has thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for his efforts to free those held by Colombian rebels, El Universal reported Tuesday.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Victims of global terrorist attacks spoke of their ordeals during a United Nations-sponsored forum organizers said was to highlight terrorism's human toll.
BOGOTA, July 21 (UPI) -- Colombia's Independence Day, celebrated by hundreds of thousands of people in Bogota, was tinged with hope that strife in the country may end, revelers said.
BOGOTA, July 16 (UPI) -- Colombia's president admitted Wednesday to using the Red Cross symbol during the rescue of 15 high-profile hostages earlier this month.
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telegraph.co.uk at 26 Feb 2009 01:29 pm
The heroic status of Ingrid Betancourt who was rescued from six years in the hands of Marxist guerrillas deep in the Colombian jungle has been shattered by a memoir from her fellow captives.
telegraph.co.uk at 30 Nov 2008 04:51 pm
Families of hostages held by Marxist FARC rebels met in Bogota on Sunday with former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt asking her to work on their behalf during her Latin...
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