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Freed Captive Wants Colombia to Pay

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Posted on Jul 10, 2010
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After spending six years as a hostage in Colombia, politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued from her rebel captors in 2008, has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Colombian state for “emotional stress and loss of earnings.” —JCL

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Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who spent six years as a rebel hostage before being rescued, has sued the Andean nation over her kidnapping, sparking outrage from the government that freed her.

The suit seeks $6.8 million in damages from the state for emotional stress and loss of earnings while she was being held in secret jungle camps by Marxist guerrillas.

But Colombia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday Betancourt had no reason to blame the government for her kidnapping by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) while she campaigned for the presidency in 2002.

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By Commune115, July 11, 2010 at 12:03 am Link to this comment

What a great ending to the Uribe regime’s bloated propaganda surrounding “Operation Checkmate” which they promoted as if it were one of the greatest events in human history. Betancourt’s an idiot, but this is a case of oligarchs biting each-other.

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By PatrickHenry, July 10, 2010 at 11:23 am Link to this comment

I would be interested in hearing her claim.

I’ll bet it has to do with the “Rebels” being in bed with rogue elements of the Columbian government.

Much like our country.

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