The first open media site where anyone can report from anywhere

Report Your NewsReport Your News

Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages

Colombia :: Bogotá | Jul 05, 6:43 AM | Event Rating: 1
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
Related News Events
Red Cross emblem misused in hostage rescue
Bogotá :: Colombia | Jul 15, 2008
Betrayal led to Betancourt escape: FARC
Bogotá :: Colombia | Jul 10, 2008
Freed hostage Betancourt describes ordeal
Bogotá :: Colombia | Jul 09, 2008
Event summary
AP Photo/Colombian Army) In this frame grab from a video released by Colombia's Army taken on July 2, 2008 and released on July 4, 2008, hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, is seen with her hands tied together as she stands with unidentified hostages ...
Note:
This event is older than two weeks and is no longer active. Some links older than 2 weeks could be broken. Report a new related event!
All news stories
Source: Time of India | Jul 06, 6:33 AM

Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt retreated on Sunday from the media glare for a few days with her newly reunited family, before returning to Colombia to write a play about her six-year hostage ordeal. Earlier the 46-year-old former Colombian ...

Source: Androscoggin News | Jul 06, 6:16 AM

The three American hostages freed in a daring jungle rescue in Colombia say they're thrilled to be home and that they're doing just fine. A statement thanks their families, the Colombian military and the U.S. government for not forgetting them ...

Source: B92 | Jul 06, 4:00 AM

Ingrid Betancourt has said she is delighted with the results of initial medical tests carried out after being freed as a hostage of Colombian rebels. The French-Colombian politician spent six years in captivity and pictures that emerged earlier this ...

Source: France 24 | Jul 06, 2:54 AM

France 24 Betancourt gets clean bill of health France 24 Sunday, July 06, 2008 Betancourt gets clean bill of health Sunday 06 July 2008 French military doctors told the former hostage that she had no physical side effects from years of captivity in ...

Source: Press TV | Jul 06, 2:53 AM

French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been given clean bill of health following series of medical checkups. The 46-year old, who was freed on Wednesday, spent almost seven hours at the Val-de-Grace military hospital in Paris, AFP reports......

Source: South Africa News | Jul 06, 2:46 AM

French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt waves upon her arrival at the Catam air base in Bogota on 2 July 2008...Earlier the 46-year-old former hostage, who was freed on Wednesday, said she had been given a clean bill of health after seven hours ...

Source: Denver Post | Jul 06, 2:07 AM

Arriving to a hero's welcome in France, Ingrid Betancourt said Friday that she cried a lot during her six years as a prisoner in the Colombian jungle...French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife met the French-Colombian politician on the tarmac ...

Source: Denver Post | Jul 06, 2:06 AM

Colombia — The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the severely diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government...The ...

Source: Xinhuanet.com | Jul 06, 1:29 AM

Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, has arrived in France after a hostage ordeal that lasted more than 6 years. Betancourt was greeted by French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris on Friday. Sarkozy had made her ...

Source: Androscoggin News | Jul 06, 12:24 AM

The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the severely diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government...The group has ...

Contributions

Help and Accounts


Use of this site is governed by our Terms of Use Agreement and Privacy Policy.

© allvoices, Inc 2008. All rights reserved.