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ABC News: Rescued Colombia Hostages Head Home to Florida
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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July 3: Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt holds the hands of her daughter Melanie, left, and son Lorenzo, right, after their arrival from France at a military base in Bogota. (article 5)
Military intelligence agents freed 15 rebel-held hostages und including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt und by posing as aid workers on a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told would ferry their hostages by helicopter to another camp for talks on a prisoner swap. (article 2)
Colombian authorities say Cesar and Enrique Gafas, whose legal names are Gerardo Aguilar and Alexander Farfan, boarded the helicopter only to be overpowered and arrested. (article 2)
Three Americans freed after being held more than five years by rebels in Colombia gave thanks Saturday and urged people to not forget other hostages who were left behind. (article 3)
The men had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, since their drug surveillance plane went down in the jungle in February 2003. (article 3)
Colombia's Farc rebels say betrayal by two of their own fighters led to the dramatic release of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages last week. (article 1)
The two Farc members were seized by Colombian soldiers and will face trial: Antonio Aguilar, known as Cesar, and Alexander Fanfan, known as Enrique Gafas. (article 1)
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Colombia, FARC, hostages, Colombian, Bogota |
Source articles
- Farc rebels denounce 'betrayal' (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 275 words)
- Colombia rebels denounce 'betrayal' (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 333 words)
- ABC News: Rescued Colombia Hostages Head Home to Florida (ABCNews, 07/12/2008, 344 words)
- Freed Colombian Grapples With Recalling and Releasing Pain, and Resuming Life (nytimes.com, 07/11/2008, 961 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 07/13/2008, 534 words)
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