Last week there was some news about hostages that have been held by the FARC for years now, the most well-known being Ingrid Betancourt who was captured five years ago and three US contractors who have been held for four years. There are many, many others, of course, who get little or no publicity. Venezuelan President Chavez had been negotiating with the FARC for the release of hostages, with the blessing of Colombian President Uribe, but Uribe cut Chavez off last week, and about the same time a video showing Ingrid Betancourt and the three Americans, which had been made recently, was found when some FARC guys were arrested in Bogota.
All the news reports say that this is the first proof in three years that Ingrid and the Americans are alive. But last spring just before I left Bogota, a hostage escaped, and he said he had been held with her and the Americans, and confirmed that they were still alive.
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