Betancourt to publish book on FARC kidnapping
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt is scheduled to release a book in late September detailing her experience as a guerrilla captive. The book, written in French, is titled “Même le…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt is scheduled to release a book in late September detailing her experience as a guerrilla captive. The book, written in French, is titled “Même le…
A Cali municipal court ordered Tuesday that Anyela Moreno Oritz be remanded in custody while police investigate her suspected role in the FARC kidnapping of a Japanese citizen. Japanese citizen Masao…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General charged demobilized paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon, alias “El Aleman” with the 1999 kidnapping of Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba. The prosecution alleges that El Aleman, who led the…
Colombian guerrilla organization the ELN released four female hostages in the north east border department of Norte de Santander Colombia, after 14 days in captivity, according to official sources cited…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt renounced her petition for damages from the French government, after she was offered almost $600,000 in compensation for the six years she spent in the…
“Operation Checkmate,” a television mini-series based on the kidnapping and rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, will air from July 20 to July 23 on Colombia’s Caracol channel. Betancourt was kidnapped by…
In separate lawsuits, four former FARC political hostages seek damages from the Colombian state for its alleged failure to provide them with adequate security, to the combined value of almost…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Tuesday withdrew her petition to the Colombian Inspector General’s Office, in which she sought over $6.5 million from the state in damages for the six…
Keith Stansell, a U.S contractor and former hostage, who spent five years in FARC captivity with Ingrid Betancourt, said in an interview with RCN Radio Monday that the ex-presidential candidate was…