Colombia Rescues Ingrid Betancourt and Three US Hostages
Great news for Columbia and liberty lovers. Bad news for FARC. Hugo Chavez is deeply saddened.
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By Jonathan Winer
The dramatic news that Colombia had successfully rescued Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans held hostage for years by FARC terrorists represents a further break-through by the Uribe government in what has been an extraordinary year of successes against FARC.
We still don’t have the details, but what is by now clear is that Colombia’s decision to raid FARC camps across the border in Ecuador on March 1, which had the result of killing one of its senior leaders, Raul Reyes, and of obtaining critical intelligence held in FARC computers, provided information that in turn helped enable Colombia to secure a series of further objectives against FARC.
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