BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia said its military rescued former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 hostages, including a Connecticut man, from leftist rebels on today. The defense minister, Juan Manuel Santos, says no one was hurt in the operation in eastern Colombia. He said army commandos captured rebels manning a security ring around the hostages and got them to persuade their comrades to turn over the captives, without any loss of life. Mr. Santos says the other 11 hostages freed were Colombian soldiers and police. Ms. Betancourt, Americans Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, and the other hostages were taken to a military base. Mr. Gonsalves was born in New Britain, Conn., and attended RHAM High School in Hebron, Conn. In Paris, Ms. Betancourt's son Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt called her release...
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