By Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police officers and soldiers held hostage by the guerrillas were rescued Wednesday in a military intelligence operation. They were held for between five and 10 years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which hoped to exchange them for imprisoned guerrillas. In addition to Betancourt, who has dual French and Colombian nationality, the released hostages were Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes and Marc Gonsalves of the United States, and Colombian army officers and noncommissioned officers Juan Carlos Bermeo, Raimundo Malagón, José Ricardo Marulanda, William Pérez, Erasmo Romero, José Miguel Arteaga and Armando Flórez. Also rescued were police officers Julio Buitrago,...
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