posted at 4:00 pm on July 2, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly They had her locked up for six years. Ms Betancourt, a French-Colombian politician, has been held for more than six years by the rebel Farc group and is said to be in very poor health. She is the group’s highest-profile hostage and the French government has made securing her release a priority… The Colombian military said some 15 hostages had been rescued in total on Wednesday, among them 11 Colombian soldiers. McCain is in Colombia today himself, so let the paranoid far-left questioning of the timing begin! Update: I won’t pretend to be familiar with the particulars of this story, but follow the saga of the negotiations for her release at Wikipedia for a sense of just how long it’s been. Update: Spruiell, who is somewhat familiar with the...
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