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Ingrid Betancourt' S Years Jungle - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 27th Sep, 2010 - 11:15pm
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Ingrid Betancourt's Six Years In The Jungle
Ingrid Betancourt's Six Years In The Jungle
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The Colombian politician was on her way to a remote village when she was abducted by members of the FARC in 2002. At first she thought she'd be held for only a few weeks -- but then six years passed. She says she didn't want to make it easy on her captors despite being tortured, underfed and forced to march through the rain forest.
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Post Date: 27th Sep, 2010 - 11:15pm / Post ID: #
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Ingrid Betancourt: "Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle"
Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped by FARC rebels and held hostage in rebel camps in the middle of the jungle for nearly six-and-a-half years before she was freed in a dramatic military rescue in July of 2008 that made international headlines. She has just published a harrowing account of her time as a hostage of FARC, the abuse she endured, and her numerous unsuccessful attempts to escape. Ref. Source 5
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