Colombian police captured an alleged farc member believed to have been charged with Ingrid Betcancourt’s security during her captivity, local media reported Monday. Police said the Colombian national, Marco Elvis…
Three U.S. military contractors have been awarded $318 million by a Tampa Bay judge after being held in FARC captivity between 2003 and 2008. The money will come from 21…
Italian Bond girl Caterina Murino is to play the lead in a film depicting the kidnap of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt by the FARC. Caterina Murino, a 34-year-old Italian actress, was…
A judge in Colombia has dissolved the marriage of Ingrid Betancourt, the former presidential candidate rescued in 2008 from leftist rebels who held her hostage for more than six years.…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos referred to those accusing the government of paying off the FARC in “Operation Jaque” as “useful idiots” for feeding in to the guerrilla organization’s propaganda.…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt has announced plans to join the hunger strike to be initiated Saturday by the mothers of two U.S. men arbitrarily detained in Iran, Colombian media…
Relations between France and Colombia reached breaking point prior to the release of Ingrid Betancourt, with France convinced that only Venezuela could successfully liberate the French-Colombian hostage, a WikiLeaks cable…
Jean Pierre Gontard, the former Swiss mediator in FARC peace talks with the Colombian government, offered asylum in Switzerland to family members of “Alfonso Cano” and “Raul Reyes” during negotiations…
Two women involved in the FARC’s kidnapping of the French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and of three U.S. military contractors have been sentenced to sixteen years in prison, Caracol Radio reported Friday.…