Colombia tricks rebels into freeing Betancourt, three Americans and 11 more hostages/Rescatan a Ingrid Betancourt, tres estadounidenses y otros once

Ingrid Betancourt sat handcuffed in a helicopter with 14 other hostages, angry and frustrated at what she thought was just another maneuver by her rebel captors. Then she noticed something odd:"Suddenly I saw the commander, who for so many years ... was so cruel, so humiliating, so despotic, I saw him on the floor, naked, blindfolded," she recalled Wednesday. "The chief of the operation said, 'We're the national army. You're free.' "( full information)/ Un grupo de militares que se hizo pasar por guerrilleros rescató este miércoles a 15 rehenes de las FARC, entre ellos la colombo-francesa Ingrid Betancourt, tres estadounidenses y 11 policías o militares, informó el Ministro de Defensa colombiano, Juan Manuel Santos. "Fueron rescatados sanos y salvos 15 de los secuestrados" por las marxistas Fuerza Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), señaló Santos al explicar a la prensa la operación ( información completa)