Politician and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, along with 15 other captives including three Americans, have been released from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in what appears to be a bloodless compromise, reports Reuters. Betancourt had been held captive for six years.
Also known as FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia is the country's oldest and best-known left-wing insurgency group whose efforts to establish a coup d'etat of President Alvaro Uribe have been weakened in light of the lucrative negotiation tactics employed by Uribe. The FARC, considered by America to be a terrorist organization, still has dozens of hostages,

BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) - Government agents posing as rebels tricked a gang of armed desperados into handing over 15 hostages during a rendezvous deep in Colombia's unforgiving jungle.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt (center) celebrates her freedom with daughter Melanie and son Lorenzo Delloye.
the top of FARC's leadership council as well as a team assigned to guard the hostages.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by

MIAMI (AFP) — The top US military officer for Latin America praised Thursday the "professionalism and bravery" of a Colombian intelligence operation that