By Jeremy McDermott In an operation of unprecedented audacity, the Colombian security forces have rescued 15 hostages from the hands of the Revolutionary

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian spies tricked leftist rebels into handing over kidnapped presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors Wednesday in a daring helicopter rescue so successful that not a single shot was fired.
Betancourt, who was seized on the campaign trail six long years ago, appeared thin but surprisingly healthy as she strode down the stairs of a military plane and held her mother in a long embrace. The Americans — Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell — also appeared as they arrived in Texas, to undergo tests and reunite with their families at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
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By Elizabeth White LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Three American hostages rescued from leftist guerrillas in Colombia have arrived safely in Texas.
In this image released by the U.S. embassy in Colombia, U.S. contractors Keith Stansell, left, Marc Gonsalves, center, and Thomas Howes sit in an aircraft in an unknown location in Colombia after being rescued by Colombia`s military from the Revoluti...
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