Saturday, April 12, 2008

Kidnapped for 7 years

Ingrid Betancourt was the first woman to run for President of The Republic of Colombia. Unfortunately, she was kidnapped by The FARC, a revolutionary movement from the country, in 2002. She was doing her campaign at a small town, somewhere in the south, were military support was not available so the guerrilla movement took advantage of that and took her away from her freedom, family, and life. She has two children that are still hoping to see their mother again, and sadly her father died of a heart attack months after she was kidnapped.Right now,The Colombian and French governments are trying to negotiate with The FARC and deal for her liberation, but it has been really difficult for both sites to come to a mutual agreement.
To be continued....

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