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By Jeremy McDermott in Bogota Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician held hostage by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrillas, has been freed in a dramatic rescue operation. Kidnapped politician Ingrid Betancourt is seen in a video released by the Colombian government Colombian officials said they had rescued Ms Betancourt, as well as three American military contractors and 11 Colombian police and soldiers hostages, from the Leftist rebels, who had held her prisoner in secret jungle camps since 2002. Juan Manuel Santos, the Colombian defence minister, says nobody was hurt in the operation in eastern Colombia, which saw Colombian army commandos capture rebels who were manning a security ring around the hostages. They forced the rebels to persuade their comrades to turn over the captives, without any... [read full story]
