Colombia’s moderate election candidates in crisis
Infighting among Colombia’s moderate presidential candidates caused the implosion of their...
Tag: Ingrid Betancourt
FARC backpedals on statement denying congresswoman as victim
Colombia’s largest rebel group has publicly rejected a statement it published earlier this...
Prominent kidnap victim has no right to be labeled victim: FARC
Colombia’s largest armed guerrilla group FARC on Tuesday said that Congresswoman Clara...
Colombia court hands down 40-year prison sentence for former FARC commander
Former FARC Commander Gerardo Aguilar Ramirez has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for his...
Ingrid Betancourt optimistic about Colombia peace talks
Former Colombian presidential candidate and FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt said Friday she was...
Man accused of kidnapping Clara Rojas’ child sentenced to 33 years
The man accused of kidnapping the child, which former vice-presidential candidate Clara Rojas had while in the captivity of rebel group FARC, has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. The ruling was made on Wednesday by the...
‘FARC member’ responsible for Betancourt’s security during kidnapping captured
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 Patiño,...
American contractors kidnapped by FARC awarded $318M
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 different U.S. bank accounts confiscated from Colombian...
Caterina Murino to play Ingrid Betancourt in kidnap film
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 made famous as a Bond...
Ingrid Betancourt granted divorce from husband
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. Betancourt filed for divorce after her...
‘Operation Jaque’ deniers are ‘useful idiots’: Santos
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...
Ingrid Betancourt to join hunger strike for US men detained in Iran
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 reported Friday. The French-Colombian...
